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Colour

#859CA7

  • #859CA7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#859CA7 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 156, 167 and HSL 199°, 16%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#859CA7#859CA7
HEX#859CA7
RGBrgb(133, 156, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6118, 0.6549
RGB percentages52.2%, 61.2%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(199.4, 16.2%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 20.4%, 65.5%)
CMYK20.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,756,391
CSS custom property--colour: #859CA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#7A6358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969BA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9197A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7C9F9Fno 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 text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3Slate grey · ΔE 10.9Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Gray · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A79085
Analogous#85A7A1, #858BA7
Triadic#A7859C, #9CA785
Split complementary#A7858B, #A7A185
Tetradic#A185A7, #A79085, #8BA785

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFC
Lighter +30%#DEE4E7
Lighter +20%#C0CCD2
Lighter +10%#A3B4BC
Darker −10%#688491
Darker −20%#536973
Darker −30%#3E4E55
Darker −40%#283338
More saturated +25%#6BA5C1
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R133
G156
B167
Red133 (52.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue199.41°
Saturation (HSL)16.19%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 9C · B A7

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