Colour

#8CA99C

#8CA99C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#8CA99C is a cyan with RGB values 140, 169, 156 and HSL 153°, 14%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8CA99C#8CA99C

HEX#8CA99C

RGBrgb(140, 169, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6627, 0.6118

RGB percentages54.9%, 66.3%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(153.1, 14.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(153.1, 17.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK17.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,218,460

CSS custom property--colour: #8CA99C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#735663

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A59Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A19Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#86A9A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 13.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1 Silver · ΔE 17.1 Gray · ΔE 18.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A98C99

Analogous#8CA98E, #8CA8A9

Triadic#9C8CA9, #A99C8C

Split complementary#A98CA8, #A98E8C

Tetradic#8E8CA9, #A98C99, #A7A98C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4EAE7

Lighter +20%#C6D5CE

Lighter +10%#A9BFB5

Darker −10%#6F9383

Darker −20%#597669

Darker −30%#43594F

Darker −40%#2D3C35

More saturated +25%#73C29F

Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R140

G169

B156

Red140 (54.9%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue153.1°

Saturation (HSL)14.43%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G A9 · B 9C

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Colour values

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