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Colour

#8A989C

  • #8A989C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8A989C is a cyan with RGB values 138, 152, 156 and HSL 193°, 8%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8A989C#8A989C
HEX#8A989C
RGBrgb(138, 152, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5961, 0.6118
RGB percentages54.1%, 59.6%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(193.3, 8.3%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 11.5%, 61.2%)
CMYK11.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,083,036
CSS custom property--colour: #8A989C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#756763

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95979Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#92949Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#859A99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.3Light slate grey · ΔE 9.6Gray · ΔE 10Slate grey · ΔE 11.5Cadetblue · ΔE 16Silver · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C8E8A
Analogous#8A9C97, #8A8F9C
Triadic#9C8A98, #989C8A
Split complementary#9C8A8F, #9C978A
Tetradic#978A9C, #9C8E8A, #8F9C8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F9FA
Lighter +30%#DDE1E2
Lighter +20%#C1C9CB
Lighter +10%#A6B0B3
Darker −10%#6F7F84
Darker −20%#586468
Darker −30%#414A4C
Darker −40%#292F31
More saturated +25%#6FA7B7
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R138
G152
B156
Red138 (54.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue193.33°
Saturation (HSL)8.33%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 98 · B 9C

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