Recognised as Colour

#809FA4

#809FA4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#809FA4 is a cyan with RGB values 128, 159, 164 and HSL 188°, 17%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

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HEX#809FA4

RGBrgb(128, 159, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6235, 0.6431

RGB percentages50.2%, 62.4%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(188.3, 16.5%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 22%, 64.3%)

CMYK22%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,429,476

CSS custom property--colour: #809FA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.41:1

Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#7F605B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A9CA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9397A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Tritanopia#75A2A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.6 Dark grey · ΔE 12.8 Slate grey · ΔE 13.6 Gray · ΔE 15 Silver · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A48580

Analogous#80A497, #808DA4

Triadic#A4809F, #9FA480

Split complementary#A4808D, #A49780

Tetradic#9780A4, #A48580, #8DA480

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F9F9

Lighter +30%#D9E2E4

Lighter +20%#BBCCCF

Lighter +10%#9EB5B9

Darker −10%#65878C

Darker −20%#4F6A6F

Darker −30%#3A4E51

Darker −40%#253133

More saturated +25%#65B3BF

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R128

G159

B164

Red128 (50.2%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue188.33°

Saturation (HSL)16.51%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 9F · B A4

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