Recognised as Colour

#71898B

#71898B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#71898B is a cyan with RGB values 113, 137, 139 and HSL 185°, 10%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#71898B#71898B

HEX#71898B

RGBrgb(113, 137, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.5373, 0.5451

RGB percentages44.3%, 53.7%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(184.6, 10.3%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 18.7%, 54.5%)

CMYK18.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,440,779

CSS custom property--colour: #71898B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.65:1

Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#8E7674

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85878Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#80838Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#698B8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 9.2 Slate grey · ΔE 9.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.4 Dim grey · ΔE 14.2 Dark grey · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B7371

Analogous#718B80, #717C8B

Triadic#8B7189, #898B71

Split complementary#8B717C, #8B8071

Tetradic#80718B, #8B7371, #7C8B71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1E6E7

Lighter +30%#C5CFD0

Lighter +20%#A9B8B9

Lighter +10%#8DA1A2

Darker −10%#5A6D6F

Darker −20%#435253

Darker −30%#2C3637

Darker −40%#161A1A

More saturated +25%#52A4AA

Less saturated −25%#7E7E7E

Channel breakdown

R113

G137

B139

Red113 (44.3%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue184.62°

Saturation (HSL)10.32%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 71 · G 89 · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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