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Recognised as Colour

#809DA0

  • #809DA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#809DA0 is a cyan with RGB values 128, 157, 160 and HSL 186°, 14%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#809DA0#809DA0
HEX#809DA0
RGBrgb(128, 157, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6157, 0.6275
RGB percentages50.2%, 61.6%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(185.6, 14.4%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 20%, 62.7%)
CMYK20%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,960
CSS custom property--colour: #809DA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#7F625F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989AA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#9296A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#769F9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.7Light slate grey · ΔE 11.6Dark grey · ΔE 12.4Slate grey · ΔE 13.5Gray · ΔE 14Silver · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A08380
Analogous#80A093, #808DA0
Triadic#A0809D, #9DA080
Split complementary#A0808D, #A09380
Tetradic#9380A0, #A08380, #8DA080

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F7F7
Lighter +30%#D8E1E1
Lighter +20%#BACACC
Lighter +10%#9DB4B6
Darker −10%#658488
Darker −20%#50686A
Darker −30%#3A4B4D
Darker −40%#242F30
More saturated +25%#64B4BC
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R128
G157
B160
Red128 (50.2%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue185.62°
Saturation (HSL)14.41%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9D · B A0

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