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cyan · cool

#69918e

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Cadet Blue

Token name suggestion: Signal Glacier

RGB
105, 145, 142
HSL
176°, 16%, 49%
CMYK
28, 0, 2, 43
Luminance
0.2521

#69918e is a balanced soft cyan, 176° on the wheel and 66/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.04:1). As text it scores 3.48:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Cadet Blue, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(176 16% 49%)rgb(105 145 142)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #69918e is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#69918e
Hue
176°
cyan
Saturation
16%
soft
Lightness
49%
balanced
Brightness
57%
HSV value
Perceived
53%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2521
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
66/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
6.04:1
Closest name
Cadet Blue
ΔE2000 5.6
Chroma
14.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.626
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 15.4
Web-safe
#669999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue176° of 360°
Saturation16%
Lightness49%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #69918e.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool66% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red12%
Green80%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#69918e
HEX (8-digit)#69918eff
RGBrgb(105, 145, 142)
RGBArgba(105, 145, 142, 1)
HSLhsl(176, 16%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 28%, 57%)
HWBhwb(176 41% 43%)
CMYKcmyk(28%, 0%, 2%, 43%)
LABlab(57.3 -14.4 -2.9)
LCHlch(57.3 14.7 191.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.626 0.044 190.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(20.83, 25.21, 29.35)
Decimal6918542
Display P3color(display-p3 0.412 0.569 0.557)
Web-safe#669999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #69918e;
background-color: #69918e;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #69918e;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#69918e] bg-[#69918e]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #69918e;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.412, green: 0.569, blue: 0.557)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.412, green: 0.569, blue: 0.557, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#69918E</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF69918E)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF69918E)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(142, 145, 105)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(105, 145, 142)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(105, 145, 142)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 105, 145, 142)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4118f, 0.5686f, 0.5569f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{105,145,142}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #69918e 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #69918e 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#364A48, #DCE5E5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #69918e h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F8F8;
  --brand-100: #EEF2F1;
  --brand-200: #D9E3E2;
  --brand-300: #BED0CF;
  --brand-400: #9DB8B6;
  --brand-500: #7DA19E;
  --brand-600: #69918e;
  --brand-700: #567674;
  --brand-800: #455F5D;
  --brand-900: #344645;
  --brand-950: #212C2B;
  --brand: #69918e;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F8;
  --brand-border: #D0DDDC;
  --brand-hover: #5A7C7A;
  --brand-pressed: #4B6865;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182120;
    --brand-ink: #DCE5E5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F8',
        100: '#EEF2F1',
        200: '#D9E3E2',
        300: '#BED0CF',
        400: '#9DB8B6',
        500: '#7DA19E',
        600: '#69918e',
        700: '#567674',
        800: '#455F5D',
        900: '#344645',
        950: '#212C2B',
        DEFAULT: '#69918e',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F8,
  '100': #EEF2F1,
  '200': #D9E3E2,
  '300': #BED0CF,
  '400': #9DB8B6,
  '500': #7DA19E,
  '600': #69918e,
  '700': #567674,
  '800': #455F5D,
  '900': #344645,
  '950': #212C2B,
);
$brand-base: #69918e;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF2F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9E3E2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BED0CF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9DB8B6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7DA19E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#69918e", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#567674", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#455F5D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#344645", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#212C2B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #69918e · 6.04:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.48:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #69918e as text scores 3.48:1 on white and 6.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #364A48 at 2.71:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#5A7C7A · 4.57:1
AA on white−7% L
#5A7C7A
The quick fox
#425C5A · 7.22:1
AAA on white−18% L
#425C5A
The quick fox
#69918e · 6.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#69918e
The quick fox
#779C9A · 7.01:1
AAA on black+5% L
#779C9A

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #69918E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#69918e on white: 3.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#69918e on black: 6.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #69918e as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #69918e.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.48:1AaAa
Slate 503.32:1AaAa
Slate 1003.17:1AaAa
Slate 2002.82:1AaAa
Slate 3002.34:1AaAa
Slate 4001.36:1AaAa
Slate 5001.37:1AaAa
Slate 6002.18:1AaAa
Slate 7002.98:1AaAa
Slate 8004.21:1AaAa
Slate 9005.14:1AaAa
Black6.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8C8D8E
deuteranopia · #85878E
tritanopia · #5C9390

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #69918e is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F8F8
#EEF2F1
#D9E3E2
#BED0CF
#9DB8B6
#7DA19E
#69918e
#567674
#455F5D
#344645
#212C2B
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F8Darkest = 950 · #212C2BText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.011 190.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.018 190.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.027 190.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.035 190.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.041 190.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.044 190.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.044 190.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.042 190.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.037 190.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.031 190.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.024 190.3);
}

Colors that work with #69918e

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F9F8
Tinted page background
Border#D0DDDC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#608582
Captions on the surface
Accent#966474
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#364A48
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F4F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182120
Dark-mode background
Hover#5A7C7A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4B6865
Two steps down
Disabled#A9C1BF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#68A6A2
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #69918e

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #364A48
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight51/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#91696C
Analogous left#69917A
Analogous right#698091
Split-complement 1#916980
Split-complement 2#917A69
Triadic 1#8E6991
Triadic 2#918E69
Tetradic#7A6991
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°176°

#69918e sits at 176°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red41.2%
Green56.9%
Blue55.7%
R · 0–255
105
0x69
G · 0–255
145
0x91
B · 0–255
142
0x8e

CMYK percentages

Cyan27.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.1%
Key (black)43.1%

Total ink coverage is 73%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#69918e text on a black background

contrast 6.04:1

Card sample

#69918e text on a white background

contrast 3.48:1

Card sample

#69918e on grey

3.17:1

#69918e on its own surface

3.28:1

#69918e on its dark surface

4.73:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #69918e;
Background color
Panel with #69918e background
background-color: #69918e;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #69918e;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(105, 145, 142, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(105, 145, 142, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #69918e;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #69918e, #697991);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #69918e, #696F91);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #69918e;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #69918e;
caret-color: #69918e;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #69918e;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F4F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #69918e;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#69918e 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #69918e over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(105, 145, 142, 0.5)
rgb(105 145 142 / 50%)
#69918e80
hsl(176 16% 49% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #69918e 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#69918e1a#F0F4F4
20%#69918e33#E1E9E8
40%#69918e66#C3D3D2
60%#69918e99#A5BDBB
80%#69918ecc#87A7A5

Gradients from #69918e

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8CABA9, #69918e 45%, #364A48);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #69918e, #5C687F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #69918e, #91696C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9DB8B6 0%, #69918e 45%, #364A48 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #86A791 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7A8C9F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #364A48 0%, transparent 65%), #69918e;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #69918e

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#69918e in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.04:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#69918e, answered

What color is #69918e?

#69918e is a balanced soft cyan, closest to Cadet Blue (ΔE2000 5.6). It sits at 176° on the hue wheel with 16% saturation and 49% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #69918e?

rgb(105, 145, 142) — 105 red, 145 green and 142 blue out of 255, or 41.2% / 56.9% / 55.7% by channel.

What is #69918e in HSL and HSV?

hsl(176, 16%, 49%) and hsv(176, 28%, 57%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #69918e a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2521 and perceived brightness is 53%, so black text on it reaches 6.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #69918e?

Black. It scores 6.04:1 against #69918e, versus 3.48:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #69918e accessible on a white background?

#69918e on white scores 3.48:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #5A7C7A to reach 4.5:1, or #425C5A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #69918e?

#91696C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #916980 and #917A69, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #69918e?

For interface work: #F6F9F8 as the surface, #D0DDDC for borders, #608582 for secondary text, #966474 as an accent and #364A48 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #69917A and #698091 stays calm, while #91696C is the loudest partner.

What is #69918e in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(28%, 0%, 2%, 43%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #69918e warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 66 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #69917F; nudged cooler, #668693.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #69918e?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 15.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #69918e as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #69918e in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#69918e] or text-[#69918e], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #69918e with 50% opacity?

rgba(105, 145, 142, 0.5), or #69918e80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B4C8C7; over black, #354947.

Is #69918e a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669999, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #69918e mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #69918e?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #8CABA9, #69918e 45%, #364A48). For more colour, a short hue run to #5C687F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #69918e in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #69918e at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.