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Recognised as Colour

#83AEA9

  • #83AEA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#83AEA9 is a cyan with RGB values 131, 174, 169 and HSL 173°, 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

#83AEA9#83AEA9
HEX#83AEA9
RGBrgb(131, 174, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6824, 0.6627
RGB percentages51.4%, 68.2%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(173, 21%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 24.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK24.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,629,929
CSS custom property--colour: #83AEA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#7C5156

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A9A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A3AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 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 text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.6Dark grey · ΔE 15.6Silver · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 18.9Powder blue · ΔE 19.1Light slate grey · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8388
Analogous#83AE93, #839EAE
Triadic#A983AE, #AEA983
Split complementary#AE839E, #AE9383
Tetradic#9383AE, #AE8388, #9EAE83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0EAE9
Lighter +20%#C1D6D4
Lighter +10%#A2C2BE
Darker −10%#649A93
Darker −20%#507B76
Darker −30%#3C5C58
Darker −40%#283D3B
More saturated +25%#69C8BD
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R131
G174
B169
Red131 (51.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue173.02°
Saturation (HSL)20.98%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 83 · G AE · B A9

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