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Recognised as Colour

#8C9DA0

  • #8C9DA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8C9DA0 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 157, 160 and HSL 189°, 10%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8C9DA0#8C9DA0
HEX#8C9DA0
RGBrgb(140, 157, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6157, 0.6275
RGB percentages54.9%, 61.6%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(189, 9.5%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 12.5%, 62.7%)
CMYK12.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,215,392
CSS custom property--colour: #8C9DA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#73625F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9BA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9699A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#879F9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.6Light slate grey · ΔE 11.1Gray · ΔE 11.9Slate grey · ΔE 13.2Cadetblue · ΔE 15Silver · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A08F8C
Analogous#8CA099, #8C93A0
Triadic#A08C9D, #9DA08C
Split complementary#A08C93, #A0998C
Tetradic#998CA0, #A08F8C, #93A08C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFC
Lighter +30%#E0E4E5
Lighter +20%#C4CDCE
Lighter +10%#A8B5B7
Darker −10%#718588
Darker −20%#5A6A6C
Darker −30%#434E51
Darker −40%#2B3335
More saturated +25%#72AFBA
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R140
G157
B160
Red140 (54.9%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue189°
Saturation (HSL)9.52%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 9D · B A0

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