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Colour

#8B9AA1

  • #8B9AA1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8B9AA1 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 154, 161 and HSL 199°, 10%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8B9AA1#8B9AA1
HEX#8B9AA1
RGBrgb(139, 154, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6039, 0.6314
RGB percentages54.5%, 60.4%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(199.1, 10.5%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 13.7%, 63.1%)
CMYK13.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,149,089
CSS custom property--colour: #8B9AA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.23:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#74655E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9699A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9396A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#859C9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.9Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Slate grey · ΔE 11.2Gray · ΔE 11.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16Silver · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1928B
Analogous#8BA19D, #8B8FA1
Triadic#A18B9A, #9AA18B
Split complementary#A18B8F, #A19D8B
Tetradic#9D8BA1, #A1928B, #8FA18B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFC
Lighter +30%#E0E4E5
Lighter +20%#C3CBCF
Lighter +10%#A7B3B8
Darker −10%#6F818A
Darker −20%#59676D
Darker −30%#424C51
Darker −40%#2B3235
More saturated +25%#71A4BB
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R139
G154
B161
Red139 (54.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue199.09°
Saturation (HSL)10.48%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 9A · B A1

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