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Recognised as Colour

#899EA0

  • #899EA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#899EA0 is a cyan with RGB values 137, 158, 160 and HSL 185°, 11%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#899EA0#899EA0
HEX#899EA0
RGBrgb(137, 158, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6196, 0.6275
RGB percentages53.7%, 62%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(185.2, 10.8%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 14.4%, 62.7%)
CMYK14.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,019,040
CSS custom property--colour: #899EA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#76615F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9CA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9699A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#82A09Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.6Light slate grey · ΔE 11.8Gray · ΔE 12.7Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Slate grey · ΔE 13.7Silver · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A08B89
Analogous#89A096, #8993A0
Triadic#A0899E, #9EA089
Split complementary#A08993, #A09689
Tetradic#9689A0, #A08B89, #93A089

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFB
Lighter +30%#DEE4E4
Lighter +20%#C2CCCD
Lighter +10%#A5B5B7
Darker −10%#6E8688
Darker −20%#576A6C
Darker −30%#404E50
Darker −40%#293334
More saturated +25%#6EB4BB
Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R137
G158
B160
Red137 (53.7%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue185.22°
Saturation (HSL)10.8%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 9E · B A0

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