Colour

#84979A

#84979A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#84979A is a cyan with RGB values 132, 151, 154 and HSL 188°, 10%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#84979A

RGBrgb(132, 151, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5922, 0.6039

RGB percentages51.8%, 59.2%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(188.2, 9.8%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 14.3%, 60.4%)

CMYK14.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,689,562

CSS custom property--colour: #84979A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#7B6865

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94959Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#90929Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#7E9998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.7 Gray · ΔE 10.4 Dark grey · ΔE 10.9 Slate grey · ΔE 11.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1 Silver · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A8784

Analogous#849A92, #848C9A

Triadic#9A8497, #979A84

Split complementary#9A848C, #9A9284

Tetradic#92849A, #9A8784, #8C9A84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F6F6

Lighter +30%#D8DEDF

Lighter +20%#BCC6C8

Lighter +10%#A0AFB1

Darker −10%#6A7E81

Darker −20%#536365

Darker −30%#3C4749

Darker −40%#252C2D

More saturated +25%#68ABB6

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R132

G151

B154

Red132 (51.8%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue188.18°

Saturation (HSL)9.82%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 84 · G 97 · B 9A

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