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Recognised as Colour

#8BAAAE

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

#8BAAAE is a cyan with RGB values 139, 170, 174 and HSL 187°, 18%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8BAAAE#8BAAAE
HEX#8BAAAE
RGBrgb(139, 170, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6667, 0.6824
RGB percentages54.5%, 66.7%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(186.9, 17.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 20.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK20.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,153,198
CSS custom property--colour: #8BAAAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.46:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#745551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A7AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA2AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#80ADABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.3Cadetblue · ΔE 12Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Silver · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Slate grey · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8F8B
Analogous#8BAEA1, #8B99AE
Triadic#AE8BAA, #AAAE8B
Split complementary#AE8B99, #AEA18B
Tetradic#A18BAE, #AE8F8B, #99AE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5ECED
Lighter +20%#C7D6D8
Lighter +10%#A9C0C3
Darker −10%#6D9499
Darker −20%#57787C
Darker −30%#425B5E
Darker −40%#2D3E40
More saturated +25%#72BDC7
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R139
G170
B174
Red139 (54.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue186.86°
Saturation (HSL)17.77%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G AA · B AE

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