Recognised as Colour

#8CA89F

#8CA89F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#8CA89F is a cyan with RGB values 140, 168, 159 and HSL 161°, 14%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8CA89F#8CA89F

HEX#8CA89F

RGBrgb(140, 168, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6588, 0.6235

RGB percentages54.9%, 65.9%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(160.7, 13.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.7, 16.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK16.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,218,207

CSS custom property--colour: #8CA89F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#735760

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6A49Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1A0A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#86A9A5no 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 text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2 Silver · ΔE 16.1 Gray · ΔE 17.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.9 Slate grey · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A88C95

Analogous#8CA891, #8CA3A8

Triadic#9F8CA8, #A89F8C

Split complementary#A88CA3, #A8918C

Tetradic#918CA8, #A88C95, #A3A88C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E3EAE8

Lighter +20%#C6D4CF

Lighter +10%#A9BEB7

Darker −10%#6F9287

Darker −20%#59756C

Darker −30%#435851

Darker −40%#2D3B37

More saturated +25%#73C1A8

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R140

G168

B159

Red140 (54.9%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue160.71°

Saturation (HSL)13.86%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G A8 · B 9F

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Colour values

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