#75A8A8

A medium, muted cyan closely aligning with Cadetblue.

About #75A8A8

Visually, #75A8A8 is defined as a muted cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cadetblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 117, 168, and 168.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 30% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 180.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#75A8A8
RGB117, 168, 168
HSL180.0°, 22.7%, 55.9%
CMYK30%, 0%, 0%, 34%
HSV180.0°, 30.4%, 65.9%
LAB65.4, -16.8, -5.4
XYZ28.4, 34.6, 42.2
Decimal7710888

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.65:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.92:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.53:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.74:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #75A8A8; }
.text-color { color: #75A8A8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #75A8A8; }

Similar Colors

Cadetblue
#5F9EA0