Recognised as Colour

#8EA69D

#8EA69D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#8EA69D is a cyan with RGB values 142, 166, 157 and HSL 158°, 12%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#8EA69D#8EA69D

HEX#8EA69D

RGBrgb(142, 166, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.651, 0.6157

RGB percentages55.7%, 65.1%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(157.5, 11.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.5, 14.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK14.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,348,765

CSS custom property--colour: #8EA69D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#715962

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A39Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09F9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#89A6A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2 Silver · ΔE 15.5 Gray · ΔE 16.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3 Slate grey · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A68E97

Analogous#8EA691, #8EA3A6

Triadic#9D8EA6, #A69D8E

Split complementary#A68EA3, #A6918E

Tetradic#918EA6, #A68E97, #A3A68E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4E9E7

Lighter +20%#C7D3CE

Lighter +10%#ABBCB6

Darker −10%#719084

Darker −20%#5B736A

Darker −30%#445750

Darker −40%#2E3A36

More saturated +25%#75BFA3

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R142

G166

B157

Red142 (55.7%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue157.5°

Saturation (HSL)11.88%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G A6 · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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