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Colour

#809B8E

  • #809B8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#809B8E is a cyan with RGB values 128, 155, 142 and HSL 151°, 12%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#809B8E#809B8E
HEX#809B8E
RGBrgb(128, 155, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6078, 0.5569
RGB percentages50.2%, 60.8%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(151.1, 11.9%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.1, 17.4%, 60.8%)
CMYK17.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,430
CSS custom property--colour: #809B8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#7F6471

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A978Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#95938Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7B9B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13.4Dark grey · ΔE 14.8Gray · ΔE 15Light slate grey · ΔE 18.7Slate grey · ΔE 19.5Silver · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B808D
Analogous#809B81, #809B9B
Triadic#8E809B, #9B8E80
Split complementary#9B809B, #9B8180
Tetradic#81809B, #9B808D, #9A9B80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F5F4
Lighter +30%#D6DEDA
Lighter +20%#B9C8C1
Lighter +10%#9DB1A7
Darker −10%#668275
Darker −20%#50655B
Darker −30%#394941
Darker −40%#232C28
More saturated +25%#64B78F
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R128
G155
B142
Red128 (50.2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue151.11°
Saturation (HSL)11.89%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9B · B 8E

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