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Recognised as Colour

#8C9DA5

  • #8C9DA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8C9DA5 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 157, 165 and HSL 199°, 12%, 60%. 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

#8C9DA5#8C9DA5
HEX#8C9DA5
RGBrgb(140, 157, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6157, 0.6471
RGB percentages54.9%, 61.6%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(199.2, 12.2%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 15.2%, 64.7%)
CMYK15.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,215,397
CSS custom property--colour: #8C9DA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#73625A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999CA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9599A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#859F9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4Slate grey · ΔE 11.9Gray · ΔE 12.6Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Silver · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5948C
Analogous#8CA5A1, #8C91A5
Triadic#A58C9D, #9DA58C
Split complementary#A58C91, #A5A18C
Tetradic#A18CA5, #A5948C, #91A58C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2E6E8
Lighter +20%#C5CED2
Lighter +10%#A9B5BB
Darker −10%#70858E
Darker −20%#596A72
Darker −30%#434F55
Darker −40%#2C3539
More saturated +25%#72A6BF
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R140
G157
B165
Red140 (54.9%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue199.2°
Saturation (HSL)12.2%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 9D · B A5

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