Recognised as Colour
#9AACAA
- #9AACAA
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#9AACAA is a cyan with RGB values 154, 172, 170 and HSL 173°, 10%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#9AACAA#9AACAA
HEX#9AACAA
RGBrgb(154, 172, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6745, 0.6667
RGB percentages60.4%, 67.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(173.3, 9.8%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 10.5%, 67.5%)
CMYK10.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,136,746
CSS custom property--colour: #9AACAA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.39277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#655355
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AC9A9C
Analogous#9AACA1, #9AA5AC
Triadic#AA9AAC, #ACAA9A
Split complementary#AC9AA5, #ACA19A
Tetradic#A19AAC, #AC9A9C, #A5AC9A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R154
G172
B170
Red154 (60.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue173.33°
Saturation (HSL)9.78%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9A · G AC · B AA
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