Recognised as Colour

#84B9AA

#84B9AA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#84B9AA is a cyan with RGB values 132, 185, 170 and HSL 163°, 27%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#84B9AA#84B9AA

HEX#84B9AA

RGBrgb(132, 185, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7255, 0.6667

RGB percentages51.8%, 72.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(163, 27.5%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163, 28.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK28.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,698,282

CSS custom property--colour: #84B9AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1

Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#7B4655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B2A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACACABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Tritanopia#76BAB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.4 Powder blue · ΔE 19.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B98493

Analogous#84B990, #84ADB9

Triadic#AA84B9, #B9AA84

Split complementary#B984AD, #B99084

Tetradic#9084B9, #B98493, #AEB984

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6F0ED

Lighter +20%#C5DED7

Lighter +10%#A5CBC0

Darker −10%#63A794

Darker −20%#4E8978

Darker −30%#3B695C

Darker −40%#29483F

More saturated +25%#6CD1B4

Less saturated −25%#9CA1A0

Channel breakdown

R132

G185

B170

Red132 (51.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue163.02°

Saturation (HSL)27.46%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 84 · G B9 · B AA

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