Recognised as Colour

#086B81

#086B81
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#086B81 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 107, 129 and HSL 191°, 88%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#086B81#086B81

HEX#086B81

RGBrgb(8, 107, 129)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.4196, 0.5059

RGB percentages3.1%, 42%, 50.6%

HSLhsl(190.9, 88.3%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 93.8%, 50.6%)

CMYK93.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer551,809

CSS custom property--colour: #086B81;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.12:1

Contrast with white6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#F7947E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D6882no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F5D81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#007272no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 17.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.2 Slate grey · ΔE 20.8 Steel blue · ΔE 21.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 17.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#811E08

Analogous#08815A, #082F81

Triadic#81086B, #6B8108

Split complementary#81082F, #815A08

Tetradic#5A0881, #811E08, #2F8108

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#60DAF5

Lighter +30%#30CFF2

Lighter +20%#0EBBE1

Lighter +10%#0B93B1

Darker −10%#054351

Darker −20%#021B21

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#007089

Less saturated −25%#196070

Channel breakdown

G107

B129

Red8 (3.1%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue129 (50.6%)

Hue190.91°

Saturation (HSL)88.32%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 6B · B 81

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