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Recognised as Colour

#85969E

  • #85969E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#85969E is a cyan with RGB values 133, 150, 158 and HSL 199°, 11%, 57%. 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

#85969E#85969E
HEX#85969E
RGBrgb(133, 150, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.5882, 0.6196
RGB percentages52.2%, 58.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(199.2, 11.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 15.8%, 62%)
CMYK15.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,754,846
CSS custom property--colour: #85969E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#7A6961

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92959Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E929Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7E9898no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.3Slate grey · ΔE 9.5Gray · ΔE 10.6Dark grey · ΔE 11.2Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Dim grey · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E8D85
Analogous#859E9A, #85899E
Triadic#9E8596, #969E85
Split complementary#9E8589, #9E9A85
Tetradic#9A859E, #9E8D85, #899E85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F8F8
Lighter +30%#DADFE2
Lighter +20%#BEC7CB
Lighter +10%#A1AEB5
Darker −10%#6A7D86
Darker −20%#546269
Darker −30%#3D484D
Darker −40%#272D30
More saturated +25%#6AA0B9
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R133
G150
B158
Red133 (52.2%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue199.2°
Saturation (HSL)11.42%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 96 · B 9E

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