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Recognised as Colour

#8CA2A3

  • #8CA2A3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8CA2A3 is a cyan with RGB values 140, 162, 163 and HSL 183°, 11%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8CA2A3#8CA2A3
HEX#8CA2A3
RGBrgb(140, 162, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6353, 0.6392
RGB percentages54.9%, 63.5%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(182.6, 11.1%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 14.1%, 63.9%)
CMYK14.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,216,675
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA2A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#735D5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA0A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9CA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#85A4A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.1Light slate grey · ΔE 13.2Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5Gray · ΔE 14Silver · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A38D8C
Analogous#8CA398, #8C97A3
Triadic#A38CA2, #A2A38C
Split complementary#A38C97, #A3998C
Tetradic#988CA3, #A38D8C, #97A38C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFE
Lighter +30%#E1E7E7
Lighter +20%#C5D0D0
Lighter +10%#A8B9BA
Darker −10%#708B8C
Darker −20%#596F70
Darker −30%#435353
Darker −40%#2C3737
More saturated +25%#72BABD
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R140
G162
B163
Red140 (54.9%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue182.61°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G A2 · B A3

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