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#69A6A6

#69a6a6 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#69a6a6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 65.1% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 25.52% saturation and 53.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 2.7.

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Relative luminance0.3303

Complementary

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #a66969

Split complementary

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #a66988
  3. #a68869

Analogous

  1. #69a688
  2. #69a6a6
  3. #6988a6

Triadic

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #a669a6
  3. #a6a669

Tetradic

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #6969a6
  3. #a66969
  4. #a6a669

Square

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #8869a6
  3. #a66969
  4. #88a669

Monochromatic

  1. #2c4a4a
  2. #487a7a
  3. #69a6a6
  4. #99c2c2
  5. #c9dfdf

Shades

#69a6a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #5f9595
  3. #548585
  4. #4a7474
  5. #3f6464
  6. #355353
  7. #2a4242
  8. #203232
  9. #152121
  10. #0b1111
  11. #000000

Tints

#69a6a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #78afaf
  3. #87b8b8
  4. #96c1c1
  5. #a5caca
  6. #b4d3d3
  7. #c3dbdb
  8. #d2e4e4
  9. #e1eded
  10. #f0f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#69a6a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #69a6a6
  2. #6ba2a2
  3. #6e9e9e
  4. #709b9b
  5. #729797
  6. #759393
  7. #778f8f
  8. #798b8b
  9. #7b8888
  10. #7e8484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa0a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa0a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9398a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50aaa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ca3a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #849ea6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ba8a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-69a6a6 {
  color: #69a6a6;
}
Background
.bg-69a6a6 {
  background-color: #69a6a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-69a6a6 {
  border: 2px solid #69a6a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #69a6a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 166 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 26% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-69a6a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #69a6a6, #6988a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-69a6a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 166 166 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 2.70 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.63 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.34 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.28 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.78 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.05 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 12.11 #965959 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#69a6a6  rgb(105, 166, 166)  hsl(180, 26%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#a66969  rgb(166, 105, 105)  hsl(0, 26%, 53%)  Copper Rose
#a669a6  rgb(166, 105, 166)  hsl(300, 26%, 53%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a6a669  rgb(166, 166, 105)  hsl(60, 26%, 53%)  Dark Khaki