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Recognised as Colour

#859FAA

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

#859FAA is a cyan with RGB values 133, 159, 170 and HSL 198°, 18%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#859FAA#859FAA
HEX#859FAA
RGBrgb(133, 159, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6235, 0.6667
RGB percentages52.2%, 62.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(197.8, 17.9%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 21.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK21.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,757,162
CSS custom property--colour: #859FAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#7A6055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999DABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9399AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#7AA2A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4Slate grey · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5Gray · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9085
Analogous#85AAA3, #858DAA
Triadic#AA859F, #9FAA85
Split complementary#AA858D, #AAA385
Tetradic#A285AA, #AA9085, #8DAA85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFE
Lighter +30%#DFE6E9
Lighter +20%#C1CED4
Lighter +10%#A3B7BF
Darker −10%#678795
Darker −20%#536C76
Darker −30%#3E5058
Darker −40%#29353A
More saturated +25%#6BA9C4
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R133
G159
B170
Red133 (52.2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue197.84°
Saturation (HSL)17.87%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 9F · B AA

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