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Recognised as Colour

#849BA6

  • #849BA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#849BA6 is a cyan with RGB values 132, 155, 166 and HSL 199°, 16%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#849BA6#849BA6
HEX#849BA6
RGBrgb(132, 155, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6078, 0.651
RGB percentages51.8%, 60.8%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(199.4, 16%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 20.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK20.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,690,598
CSS custom property--colour: #849BA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#7B6459

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959AA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9096A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7B9E9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.9Slate grey · ΔE 10.6Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Gray · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A68F84
Analogous#84A6A0, #848AA6
Triadic#A6849B, #9BA684
Split complementary#A6848A, #A6A084
Tetradic#A084A6, #A68F84, #8AA684

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#DDE3E6
Lighter +20%#BFCBD1
Lighter +10%#A2B3BB
Darker −10%#68828F
Darker −20%#526872
Darker −30%#3D4D54
Darker −40%#273237
More saturated +25%#6AA4C1
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R132
G155
B166
Red132 (51.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue199.41°
Saturation (HSL)16.04%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 9B · B A6

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