Colour

#809BA0

#809BA0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#809BA0 is a cyan with RGB values 128, 155, 160 and HSL 189°, 14%, 56%. 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

#809BA0#809BA0

HEX#809BA0

RGBrgb(128, 155, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6078, 0.6275

RGB percentages50.2%, 60.8%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(189.4, 14.4%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.4, 20%, 62.7%)

CMYK20%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,428,448

CSS custom property--colour: #809BA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#7F645F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9699A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9194A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Tritanopia#779E9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 11.6 Slate grey · ΔE 12.1 Dark grey · ΔE 12.3 Gray · ΔE 13.2 Silver · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A08580

Analogous#80A095, #808BA0

Triadic#A0809B, #9BA080

Split complementary#A0808B, #A09580

Tetradic#9580A0, #A08580, #8BA080

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F7F7

Lighter +30%#D8E0E1

Lighter +20%#BAC9CC

Lighter +10%#9DB2B6

Darker −10%#658288

Darker −20%#50666A

Darker −30%#3A4A4D

Darker −40%#242E30

More saturated +25%#64AEBC

Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R128

G155

B160

Red128 (50.2%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue189.38°

Saturation (HSL)14.41%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 9B · B A0

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