Recognised as Colour
#839B9C
- #839B9C
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#839B9C is a cyan with RGB values 131, 155, 156 and HSL 182°, 11%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#839B9C#839B9C
HEX#839B9C
RGBrgb(131, 155, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6078, 0.6118
RGB percentages51.4%, 60.8%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(182.4, 11.2%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 16%, 61.2%)
CMYK16%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,625,052
CSS custom property--colour: #839B9C;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.30668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#7C6463
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9C8483
Analogous#839C91, #838E9C
Triadic#9C839B, #9B9C83
Split complementary#9C838E, #9C9183
Tetradic#91839C, #9C8483, #8E9C83
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R131
G155
B156
Red131 (51.4%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue182.4°
Saturation (HSL)11.21%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9B · B 9C
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