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Recognised as Colour

#84989E

  • #84989E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#84989E is a cyan with RGB values 132, 152, 158 and HSL 194°, 12%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#84989E#84989E
HEX#84989E
RGBrgb(132, 152, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5961, 0.6196
RGB percentages51.8%, 59.6%, 62%
HSLhsl(193.8, 11.8%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 16.5%, 62%)
CMYK16.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,689,822
CSS custom property--colour: #84989E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#7B6761

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94979Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#90939Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7D9A9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.6Slate grey · ΔE 10.7Dark grey · ΔE 11.1Gray · ΔE 11.2Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Silver · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E8A84
Analogous#849E97, #848B9E
Triadic#9E8498, #989E84
Split complementary#9E848B, #9E9784
Tetradic#97849E, #9E8A84, #8B9E84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F8F8
Lighter +30%#DAE0E1
Lighter +20%#BDC8CB
Lighter +10%#A1B0B4
Darker −10%#697F86
Darker −20%#536469
Darker −30%#3C494D
Darker −40%#262E30
More saturated +25%#69A7BA
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R132
G152
B158
Red132 (51.8%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue193.85°
Saturation (HSL)11.82%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 98 · B 9E

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