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Recognised as Colour

#80ACBC

  • #80ACBC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#80ACBC is a cyan with RGB values 128, 172, 188 and HSL 196°, 31%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#80ACBC#80ACBC
HEX#80ACBC
RGBrgb(128, 172, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6745, 0.7373
RGB percentages50.2%, 67.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(196, 30.9%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 31.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK31.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,432,828
CSS custom property--colour: #80ACBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#7F5343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A9BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A2BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6CB1B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.7Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 16.1Dark grey · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC9080
Analogous#80BCAE, #808EBC
Triadic#BC80AC, #ACBC80
Split complementary#BC808E, #BCAE80
Tetradic#AE80BC, #BC9080, #8EBC80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4EDF1
Lighter +20%#C3D8DF
Lighter +10%#A1C2CE
Darker −10%#5F96AA
Darker −20%#4A7A8C
Darker −30%#385D6B
Darker −40%#274049
More saturated +25%#68B7D4
Less saturated −25%#98A1A4

Channel breakdown

R128
G172
B188
Red128 (50.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue196°
Saturation (HSL)30.93%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G AC · B BC

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