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Colour

#829EA8

  • #829EA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#829EA8 is a cyan with RGB values 130, 158, 168 and HSL 196°, 18%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#829EA8#829EA8
HEX#829EA8
RGBrgb(130, 158, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.6196, 0.6588
RGB percentages51%, 62%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(195.8, 17.9%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 22.6%, 65.9%)
CMYK22.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,560,296
CSS custom property--colour: #829EA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.41:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#7D6157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989CA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9297A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#77A1A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.5Slate grey · ΔE 12Cadetblue · ΔE 12.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.7Gray · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A88C82
Analogous#82A89F, #828BA8
Triadic#A8829E, #9EA882
Split complementary#A8828B, #A89F82
Tetradic#9F82A8, #A88C82, #8BA882

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#DCE4E7
Lighter +20%#BECDD2
Lighter +10%#A0B5BD
Darker −10%#658692
Darker −20%#506A74
Darker −30%#3C4F55
Darker −40%#273337
More saturated +25%#67ABC3
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R130
G158
B168
Red130 (51%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)17.92%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 9E · B A8

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