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Recognised as Colour

#839FA6

  • #839FA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#839FA6 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 159, 166 and HSL 192°, 16%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#839FA6#839FA6
HEX#839FA6
RGBrgb(131, 159, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6235, 0.651
RGB percentages51.4%, 62.4%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(192, 16.4%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 21.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK21.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,626,086
CSS custom property--colour: #839FA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#7C6059

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9DA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9498A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#79A2A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.6Cadetblue · ΔE 11.8Dark grey · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 12.9Gray · ΔE 14.6Silver · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A68A83
Analogous#83A69C, #838DA6
Triadic#A6839F, #9FA683
Split complementary#A6838D, #A69C83
Tetradic#9C83A6, #A68A83, #8EA683

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFB
Lighter +30%#DCE4E6
Lighter +20%#BECDD1
Lighter +10%#A1B6BB
Darker −10%#67878F
Darker −20%#516B72
Darker −30%#3C4F54
Darker −40%#273336
More saturated +25%#68AFC1
Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R131
G159
B166
Red131 (51.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)16.43%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9F · B A6

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