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Recognised as Colour

#859EA5

  • #859EA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#859EA5 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 158, 165 and HSL 193°, 15%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#859EA5#859EA5
HEX#859EA5
RGBrgb(133, 158, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6196, 0.6471
RGB percentages52.2%, 62%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(193.1, 15.1%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.1, 19.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK19.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,756,901
CSS custom property--colour: #859EA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#7A615A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999CA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9498A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7CA1A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.1Dark grey · ΔE 11.3Slate grey · ΔE 12.4Cadetblue · ΔE 12.8Gray · ΔE 13.9Silver · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A58C85
Analogous#85A59C, #858EA5
Triadic#A5859E, #9EA585
Split complementary#A5858E, #A59C85
Tetradic#9C85A5, #A58C85, #8EA585

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#DDE4E6
Lighter +20%#C0CDD0
Lighter +10%#A2B5BB
Darker −10%#69868E
Darker −20%#536A71
Darker −30%#3E4F53
Darker −40%#283336
More saturated +25%#6BADC0
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R133
G158
B165
Red133 (52.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue193.13°
Saturation (HSL)15.09%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 9E · B A5

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