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Recognised as Colour

#8AA0AA

  • #8AA0AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8AA0AA is a cyan with RGB values 138, 160, 170 and HSL 199°, 16%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8AA0AA#8AA0AA
HEX#8AA0AA
RGBrgb(138, 160, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.6275, 0.6667
RGB percentages54.1%, 62.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(198.8, 15.8%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 18.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK18.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,085,098
CSS custom property--colour: #8AA0AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#755F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9FABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#969BAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#81A3A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.8Dark grey · ΔE 10.6Slate grey · ΔE 12.5Gray · ΔE 14.5Cadetblue · ΔE 14.6Silver · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA948A
Analogous#8AAAA4, #8A90AA
Triadic#AA8AA0, #A0AA8A
Split complementary#AA8A90, #AAA48A
Tetradic#A48AAA, #AA948A, #90AA8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3E8EA
Lighter +20%#C5D0D5
Lighter +10%#A8B8BF
Darker −10%#6C8895
Darker −20%#576D77
Darker −30%#41525A
Darker −40%#2C373C
More saturated +25%#71A9C3
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R138
G160
B170
Red138 (54.1%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue198.75°
Saturation (HSL)15.84%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G A0 · B AA

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