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Recognised as Colour

#508D9A

  • #508D9A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#508D9A is a cyan with RGB values 80, 141, 154 and HSL 191°, 32%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#508D9A#508D9A
HEX#508D9A
RGBrgb(80, 141, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.5529, 0.6039
RGB percentages31.4%, 55.3%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(190.5, 31.6%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 48.1%, 60.4%)
CMYK48.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,279,130
CSS custom property--colour: #508D9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#AF7265

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83899Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#77809Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#299291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9Light slate grey · ΔE 14Slate grey · ΔE 14.4Teal · ΔE 15.2Dark cyan · ΔE 15.3Gray · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A5D50
Analogous#509A82, #50689A
Triadic#9A508D, #8D9A50
Split complementary#9A5068, #9A8250
Tetradic#82509A, #9A5D50, #689A50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0E2E6
Lighter +30%#AECED5
Lighter +20%#8CBAC4
Lighter +10%#6BA6B2
Darker −10%#3F6E78
Darker −20%#2D5057
Darker −30%#1C3135
Darker −40%#0A1214
More saturated +25%#33A0B7
Less saturated −25%#6D7A7D

Channel breakdown

R80
G141
B154
Red80 (31.4%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue190.54°
Saturation (HSL)31.62%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 8D · B 9A

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