Recognised as Colour

#83A6AE

#83A6AE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#83A6AE is a cyan with RGB values 131, 166, 174 and HSL 191°, 21%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#83A6AE#83A6AE

HEX#83A6AE

RGBrgb(131, 166, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.651, 0.6824

RGB percentages51.4%, 65.1%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(191.2, 21%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 24.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK24.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,627,886

CSS custom property--colour: #83A6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.03:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#7C5951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A3AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#989EAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#76AAA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 13 Dark grey · ΔE 13.3 Slate grey · ΔE 15.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9 Silver · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE8B83

Analogous#83AEA0, #8391AE

Triadic#AE83A6, #A6AE83

Split complementary#AE8391, #AEA083

Tetradic#A083AE, #AE8B83, #91AE83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFFFF

Lighter +30%#E0E8EA

Lighter +20%#C1D2D6

Lighter +10%#A2BCC2

Darker −10%#64909A

Darker −20%#50737B

Darker −30%#3C565C

Darker −40%#28393D

More saturated +25%#69B6C8

Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R131

G166

B174

Red131 (51.4%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue191.16°

Saturation (HSL)20.98%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 83 · G A6 · B AE

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Colour harmonies

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