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Recognised as Colour

#8B9EA2

  • #8B9EA2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8B9EA2 is a cyan with RGB values 139, 158, 162 and HSL 190°, 11%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8B9EA2#8B9EA2
HEX#8B9EA2
RGBrgb(139, 158, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6196, 0.6353
RGB percentages54.5%, 62%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(190.4, 11%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 14.2%, 63.5%)
CMYK14.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,150,114
CSS custom property--colour: #8B9EA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#74615D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9CA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9699A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#85A09Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.1Light slate grey · ΔE 11Gray · ΔE 12.5Slate grey · ΔE 13.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A28F8B
Analogous#8BA29A, #8B93A2
Triadic#A28B9E, #9EA28B
Split complementary#A28B93, #A29B8B
Tetradic#9B8BA2, #A28F8B, #93A28B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFDFD
Lighter +30%#E0E5E6
Lighter +20%#C4CDCF
Lighter +10%#A7B6B9
Darker −10%#6F868B
Darker −20%#596B6E
Darker −30%#424F52
Darker −40%#2B3436
More saturated +25%#71AFBC
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R139
G158
B162
Red139 (54.5%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue190.43°
Saturation (HSL)11%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 9E · B A2

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