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Recognised as Colour

#839DA7

  • #839DA7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#839DA7 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 157, 167 and HSL 197°, 17%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#839DA7#839DA7
HEX#839DA7
RGBrgb(131, 157, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6157, 0.6549
RGB percentages51.4%, 61.6%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(196.7, 17%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 21.6%, 65.5%)
CMYK21.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,625,575
CSS custom property--colour: #839DA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#7C6258

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979BA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9297A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#79A0A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 11.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Gray · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A78D83
Analogous#83A79F, #838BA7
Triadic#A7839D, #9DA783
Split complementary#A7838B, #A79F83
Tetradic#9F83A7, #A78D83, #8BA783

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#DCE4E7
Lighter +20%#BFCCD1
Lighter +10%#A1B5BC
Darker −10%#678590
Darker −20%#516973
Darker −30%#3C4E55
Darker −40%#273337
More saturated +25%#68A9C2
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R131
G157
B167
Red131 (51.4%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue196.67°
Saturation (HSL)16.98%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9D · B A7

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