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Recognised as Colour

#8D9C9F

  • #8D9C9F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8D9C9F is a cyan with RGB values 141, 156, 159 and HSL 190°, 9%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8D9C9F#8D9C9F
HEX#8D9C9F
RGBrgb(141, 156, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6118, 0.6235
RGB percentages55.3%, 61.2%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(190, 8.6%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 11.3%, 62.4%)
CMYK11.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,280,671
CSS custom property--colour: #8D9C9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#726360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999B9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#96989Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#889E9Dno 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 text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.3Light slate grey · ΔE 11Gray · ΔE 11.3Slate grey · ΔE 12.9Silver · ΔE 15.5Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F908D
Analogous#8D9F99, #8D939F
Triadic#9F8D9C, #9C9F8D
Split complementary#9F8D93, #9F998D
Tetradic#998D9F, #9F908D, #939F8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFC
Lighter +30%#E0E4E5
Lighter +20%#C4CCCE
Lighter +10%#A9B4B6
Darker −10%#728487
Darker −20%#5B696B
Darker −30%#434E50
Darker −40%#2C3334
More saturated +25%#73AEB9
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R141
G156
B159
Red141 (55.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)8.57%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 9C · B 9F

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