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Recognised as Colour

#809AA4

  • #809AA4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#809AA4 is a cyan with RGB values 128, 154, 164 and HSL 197°, 17%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#809AA4#809AA4
HEX#809AA4
RGBrgb(128, 154, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6039, 0.6431
RGB percentages50.2%, 60.4%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(196.7, 16.5%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 22%, 64.3%)
CMYK22%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,196
CSS custom property--colour: #809AA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#7F655B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9498A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F94A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#769D9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 10.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.9Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Gray · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A48A80
Analogous#80A49C, #8088A4
Triadic#A4809A, #9AA480
Split complementary#A48088, #A49C80
Tetradic#9C80A4, #A48A80, #88A480

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F9F9
Lighter +30%#D9E1E4
Lighter +20%#BBC9CF
Lighter +10%#9EB2B9
Darker −10%#65818C
Darker −20%#4F666F
Darker −30%#3A4B51
Darker −40%#252F33
More saturated +25%#65A6BF
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R128
G154
B164
Red128 (50.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue196.67°
Saturation (HSL)16.51%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9A · B A4

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