Recognised as Colour

#81A79C

#81A79C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#81A79C is a cyan with RGB values 129, 167, 156 and HSL 163°, 18%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#81A79C#81A79C

HEX#81A79C

RGBrgb(129, 167, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.6549, 0.6118

RGB percentages50.6%, 65.5%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(162.6, 17.8%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.6, 22.8%, 65.5%)

CMYK22.8%, 0%, 6.6%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,497,052

CSS custom property--colour: #81A79C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#7E5863

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A29Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D9D9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#78A8A4no 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 text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.8 Dark grey · ΔE 15.8 Gray · ΔE 19.4 Silver · ΔE 19.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7818C

Analogous#81A789, #819FA7

Triadic#9C81A7, #A79C81

Split complementary#A7819F, #A78981

Tetradic#8981A7, #A7818C, #9FA781

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9FBFA

Lighter +30%#DBE6E3

Lighter +20%#BDD1CB

Lighter +10%#9FBCB4

Darker −10%#659084

Darker −20%#507268

Darker −30%#3B544D

Darker −40%#263631

More saturated +25%#66C2A7

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R129

G167

B156

Red129 (50.6%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue162.63°

Saturation (HSL)17.76%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 81 · G A7 · B 9C

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Colour values

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