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#809C96

#809c96 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#809c96 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 61.18% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.95% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.85% yellow and 38.82% black. Its hue angle is 167.14°, with 12.39% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 7.8.

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Relative luminance0.3057

Complementary

  1. #809c96
  2. #9c8086

Split complementary

  1. #809c96
  2. #9c8094
  3. #9c8880

Analogous

  1. #809c88
  2. #809c96
  3. #80949c

Triadic

  1. #809c96
  2. #96809c
  3. #9c9680

Tetradic

  1. #809c96
  2. #80869c
  3. #9c8086
  4. #9c9680

Square

  1. #809c96
  2. #88809c
  3. #9c8086
  4. #949c80

Monochromatic

  1. #394a46
  2. #5b756f
  3. #809c96
  4. #abbeba
  5. #d6dfdd

Shades

#809c96 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809c96
  2. #738c87
  3. #667d78
  4. #5a6d69
  5. #4d5e5a
  6. #404e4b
  7. #333e3c
  8. #262f2d
  9. #1a1f1e
  10. #0d100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#809c96 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809c96
  2. #8da6a1
  3. #99b0ab
  4. #a6bab6
  5. #b3c4c0
  6. #c0cecb
  7. #ccd7d5
  8. #d9e1e0
  9. #e6ebea
  10. #f2f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809c96 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809c96
  2. #809994
  3. #809692
  4. #80948f
  5. #80918d
  6. #808e8b
  7. #808b89
  8. #808887
  9. #808684
  10. #808382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9996 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #999996 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949596 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #799d9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #909a96 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c9896 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c9d98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809c96 {
  color: #809c96;
}
Background
.bg-809c96 {
  background-color: #809c96;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809c96 {
  border: 2px solid #809c96;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809c96;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 156 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 167 12% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809c96 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809c96, #80949c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809c96 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 156 150 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.80 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 8.53 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.34 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.17 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 13.05 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 13.20 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 13.35 #7f6369 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#809c96  rgb(128, 156, 150)  hsl(167, 12%, 56%)  Cadet Blue
#9c8086  rgb(156, 128, 134)  hsl(347, 12%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#96809c  rgb(150, 128, 156)  hsl(287, 12%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9c9680  rgb(156, 150, 128)  hsl(47, 12%, 56%)  Battleship Gray