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Recognised as Colour

#809C96

  • #809C96
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#809C96 is a cyan with RGB values 128, 156, 150 and HSL 167°, 12%, 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 Cadetblue.

Colour values

#809C96#809C96
HEX#809C96
RGBrgb(128, 156, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6118, 0.5882
RGB percentages50.2%, 61.2%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(167.1, 12.4%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.1, 17.9%, 61.2%)
CMYK17.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,694
CSS custom property--colour: #809C96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.5 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#7F6369

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999996no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#949596no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#799D9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 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

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Dark grey · ΔE 13.1Gray · ΔE 14Light slate grey · ΔE 15.4Slate grey · ΔE 16.6Silver · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C8086
Analogous#809C88, #80949C
Triadic#96809C, #9C9680
Split complementary#9C8094, #9C8880
Tetradic#88809C, #9C8086, #949C80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F5F5
Lighter +30%#D6DFDD
Lighter +20%#B9C9C5
Lighter +10%#9DB2AE
Darker −10%#66837D
Darker −20%#506661
Darker −30%#394A46
Darker −40%#232D2B
More saturated +25%#64B8A6
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R128
G156
B150
Red128 (50.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue167.14°
Saturation (HSL)12.39%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9C · B 96

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