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Colour

#85979E

  • #85979E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#85979E is a cyan with RGB values 133, 151, 158 and HSL 197°, 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

#85979E#85979E
HEX#85979E
RGBrgb(133, 151, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.5922, 0.6196
RGB percentages52.2%, 59.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(196.8, 11.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 15.8%, 62%)
CMYK15.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,755,102
CSS custom property--colour: #85979E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#7A6861

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93969Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F939Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7E9999no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8Slate grey · ΔE 10.1Gray · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 11Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Silver · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E8C85
Analogous#859E98, #858B9E
Triadic#9E8597, #979E85
Split complementary#9E858B, #9E9885
Tetradic#98859E, #9E8C85, #8A9E85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F8F8
Lighter +30%#DAE0E2
Lighter +20%#BEC7CB
Lighter +10%#A1AFB5
Darker −10%#6A7E86
Darker −20%#546369
Darker −30%#3D484D
Darker −40%#272E30
More saturated +25%#6AA3B9
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R133
G151
B158
Red133 (52.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue196.8°
Saturation (HSL)11.42%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 97 · B 9E

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