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#769CA2

#769ca2 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#769ca2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 61.18% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.16% cyan, 3.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 188.18°, with 19.13% saturation and 54.9% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.92.

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Relative luminance0.3024

Complementary

  1. #769ca2
  2. #a27c76

Split complementary

  1. #769ca2
  2. #a27686
  3. #a29276

Analogous

  1. #76a292
  2. #769ca2
  3. #7686a2

Triadic

  1. #769ca2
  2. #a2769c
  3. #9ca276

Tetradic

  1. #769ca2
  2. #7c76a2
  3. #a27c76
  4. #9ca276

Square

  1. #769ca2
  2. #9276a2
  3. #a27c76
  4. #86a276

Monochromatic

  1. #33484c
  2. #527479
  3. #769ca2
  4. #a4bdc1
  5. #d1dee0

Shades

#769ca2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #769ca2
  2. #6a8c92
  3. #5e7d82
  4. #536d71
  5. #475e61
  6. #3b4e51
  7. #2f3e41
  8. #232f31
  9. #181f20
  10. #0c1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#769ca2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #769ca2
  2. #84a6ab
  3. #91b0b5
  4. #9fbabe
  5. #adc4c7
  6. #bbced1
  7. #c8d7da
  8. #d6e1e3
  9. #e4ebec
  10. #f1f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#769ca2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #769ca2
  2. #77999f
  3. #78969b
  4. #799498
  5. #7a9194
  6. #7b8e91
  7. #7c8b8e
  8. #7d888a
  9. #7e8687
  10. #7f8383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a989b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9699a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e93a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #689f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a9aa2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8597a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6e9e9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-769ca2 {
  color: #769ca2;
}
Background
.bg-769ca2 {
  background-color: #769ca2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-769ca2 {
  border: 2px solid #769ca2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #769ca2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 156 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 19% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-769ca2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #769ca2, #7686a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-769ca2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 156 162 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.92 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.29 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.31 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.31 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.65 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.39 #89635d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#769ca2  rgb(118, 156, 162)  hsl(188, 19%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#a27c76  rgb(162, 124, 118)  hsl(8, 19%, 55%)  Beaver
#a2769c  rgb(162, 118, 156)  hsl(308, 19%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9ca276  rgb(156, 162, 118)  hsl(68, 19%, 55%)  Moss Green