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Recognised as Colour

#89BCAD

  • #89BCAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#89BCAD is a cyan with RGB values 137, 188, 173 and HSL 162°, 28%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#89BCAD#89BCAD
HEX#89BCAD
RGBrgb(137, 188, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7373, 0.6784
RGB percentages53.7%, 73.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(162.4, 27.6%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.4, 27.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK27.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,026,733
CSS custom property--colour: #89BCAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#764352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B6ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFAFAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7CBDB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.3Powder blue · ΔE 18.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 14.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8998
Analogous#89BC93, #89B1BC
Triadic#AD89BC, #BCAD89
Split complementary#BC89B1, #BC9389
Tetradic#9389BC, #BC8998, #B1BC89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF3F1
Lighter +20%#CAE1DA
Lighter +10%#AACEC4
Darker −10%#68AA96
Darker −20%#518E7C
Darker −30%#3E6E60
Darker −40%#2C4D43
More saturated +25%#72D3B7
Less saturated −25%#A0A5A3

Channel breakdown

R137
G188
B173
Red137 (53.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue162.35°
Saturation (HSL)27.57%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 89 · G BC · B AD

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