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Recognised as Colour

#83AEA8

  • #83AEA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#83AEA8 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 174, 168 and HSL 172°, 21%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#83AEA8#83AEA8
HEX#83AEA8
RGBrgb(131, 174, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6824, 0.6588
RGB percentages51.4%, 68.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(171.6, 21%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 24.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK24.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,629,928
CSS custom property--colour: #83AEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#7C5157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAA9A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A3A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#76B0ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.8Dark grey · ΔE 15.8Silver · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 19.3Powder blue · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8389
Analogous#83AE92, #839FAE
Triadic#A883AE, #AEA883
Split complementary#AE839F, #AE9283
Tetradic#9383AE, #AE8389, #9FAE83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0EAE9
Lighter +20%#C1D6D3
Lighter +10%#A2C2BE
Darker −10%#649A92
Darker −20%#507B75
Darker −30%#3C5C57
Darker −40%#283D3A
More saturated +25%#69C8BA
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R131
G174
B168
Red131 (51.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue171.63°
Saturation (HSL)20.98%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 83 · G AE · B A8

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