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Recognised as Colour

#8FA6A5

  • #8FA6A5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#8FA6A5 is a cyan with RGB values 143, 166, 165 and HSL 177°, 11%, 61%. 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

#8FA6A5#8FA6A5
HEX#8FA6A5
RGBrgb(143, 166, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.651, 0.6471
RGB percentages56.1%, 65.1%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(177.4, 11.4%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.4, 13.9%, 65.1%)
CMYK13.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,414,309
CSS custom property--colour: #8FA6A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35829WCAG 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 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#70595A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A3A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA0A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#89A7A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.9Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Silver · ΔE 14.1Light slate grey · ΔE 15Gray · ΔE 15.3Slate grey · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A68F90
Analogous#8FA69A, #8F9BA6
Triadic#A58FA6, #A6A58F
Split complementary#A68F9B, #A69A8F
Tetradic#9A8FA6, #A68F90, #9BA68F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4EAEA
Lighter +20%#C8D3D3
Lighter +10%#ABBDBC
Darker −10%#738F8E
Darker −20%#5C7372
Darker −30%#455756
Darker −40%#2E3B3A
More saturated +25%#76BFBC
Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R143
G166
B165
Red143 (56.1%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue177.39°
Saturation (HSL)11.44%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8F · G A6 · B A5

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