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Recognised as Colour

#81959A

  • #81959A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#81959A is a cyan with RGB values 129, 149, 154 and HSL 192°, 11%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#81959A#81959A
HEX#81959A
RGBrgb(129, 149, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.5843, 0.6039
RGB percentages50.6%, 58.4%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(192, 11%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 16.2%, 60.4%)
CMYK16.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,492,442
CSS custom property--colour: #81959A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#7E6A65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91939Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D909Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#7A9796no 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 text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.4Slate grey · ΔE 10.1Gray · ΔE 10.3Dark grey · ΔE 11.8Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9Dim grey · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A8681
Analogous#819A93, #81899A
Triadic#9A8195, #959A81
Split complementary#9A8189, #9A9281
Tetradic#93819A, #9A8681, #899A81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F4F5
Lighter +30%#D6DCDE
Lighter +20%#BAC5C7
Lighter +10%#9DADB1
Darker −10%#677C81
Darker −20%#516064
Darker −30%#3A4548
Darker −40%#232A2C
More saturated +25%#65A6B6
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R129
G149
B154
Red129 (50.6%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)11.01%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 95 · B 9A

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