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Colour

#8A9BA0

  • #8A9BA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8A9BA0 is a cyan with RGB values 138, 155, 160 and HSL 194°, 10%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8A9BA0#8A9BA0
HEX#8A9BA0
RGBrgb(138, 155, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.6078, 0.6275
RGB percentages54.1%, 60.8%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(193.6, 10.4%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 13.8%, 62.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,083,808
CSS custom property--colour: #8A9BA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#75645F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979AA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9497A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#849D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.3Light slate grey · ΔE 9.8Gray · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 11.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Silver · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A08F8A
Analogous#8AA09A, #8A90A0
Triadic#A08A9B, #9BA08A
Split complementary#A08A90, #A09A8A
Tetradic#9A8AA0, #A08F8A, #90A08A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBFB
Lighter +30%#DEE3E5
Lighter +20%#C2CBCE
Lighter +10%#A6B3B7
Darker −10%#6F8288
Darker −20%#58686C
Darker −30%#414D50
Darker −40%#2A3234
More saturated +25%#6FA9BB
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R138
G155
B160
Red138 (54.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue193.64°
Saturation (HSL)10.38%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 9B · B A0

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