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Recognised as Colour

#8D9F9C

  • #8D9F9C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8D9F9C is a cyan with RGB values 141, 159, 156 and HSL 170°, 9%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8D9F9C#8D9F9C
HEX#8D9F9C
RGBrgb(141, 159, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6235, 0.6118
RGB percentages55.3%, 62.4%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(170, 8.6%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 11.3%, 62.4%)
CMYK11.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,281,436
CSS custom property--colour: #8D9F9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#726063

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9D9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#999A9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#89A09Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.7Gray · ΔE 12.6Light slate grey · ΔE 14.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Silver · ΔE 15.3Slate grey · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F8D90
Analogous#8D9F93, #8D999F
Triadic#9C8D9F, #9F9C8D
Split complementary#9F8D99, #9F938D
Tetradic#938D9F, #9F8D90, #999F8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFC
Lighter +30%#E0E5E4
Lighter +20%#C4CECC
Lighter +10%#A9B6B4
Darker −10%#728784
Darker −20%#5B6B69
Darker −30%#43504E
Darker −40%#2C3433
More saturated +25%#73B9AE
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R141
G159
B156
Red141 (55.3%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)8.57%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8D · G 9F · B 9C

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