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Recognised as Colour

#599AA8

  • #599AA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#599AA8 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 154, 168 and HSL 191°, 31%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#599AA8#599AA8
HEX#599AA8
RGBrgb(89, 154, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.6039, 0.6588
RGB percentages34.9%, 60.4%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(190.6, 31.2%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 47%, 65.9%)
CMYK47%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,872,296
CSS custom property--colour: #599AA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#A66557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F96A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#838CA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#31A09Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Slate grey · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A86759
Analogous#59A88E, #5973A8
Triadic#A8599A, #9AA859
Split complementary#A85972, #A88E59
Tetradic#8F59A8, #A86759, #73A859

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFEBEE
Lighter +30%#BDD7DD
Lighter +20%#9CC3CB
Lighter +10%#7AAEBA
Darker −10%#477C87
Darker −20%#355D66
Darker −30%#243E44
Darker −40%#122023
More saturated +25%#39AEC8
Less saturated −25%#798688

Channel breakdown

R89
G154
B168
Red89 (34.9%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue190.63°
Saturation (HSL)31.23%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 9A · B A8

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