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Colour

#8CA3AA

  • #8CA3AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8CA3AA is a cyan with RGB values 140, 163, 170 and HSL 194°, 15%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8CA3AA#8CA3AA
HEX#8CA3AA
RGBrgb(140, 163, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6392, 0.6667
RGB percentages54.9%, 63.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(194, 15%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 17.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK17.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,216,938
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA3AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#735C55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA1AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#999DAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#84A6A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.8Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9Slate grey · ΔE 14Gray · ΔE 15Silver · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA938C
Analogous#8CAAA2, #8C94AA
Triadic#AA8CA3, #A3AA8C
Split complementary#AA8C94, #AAA28C
Tetradic#A28CAA, #AA938C, #94AA8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E9EB
Lighter +20%#C7D2D5
Lighter +10%#A9BAC0
Darker −10%#6F8C94
Darker −20%#587078
Darker −30%#43555A
Darker −40%#2D393D
More saturated +25%#73B0C3
Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R140
G163
B170
Red140 (54.9%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue194°
Saturation (HSL)15%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G A3 · B AA

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