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#809FA0

#809fa0 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#809fa0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 62.35% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 0.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 181.88°, with 14.41% saturation and 56.47% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 6.96.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3192

Complementary

  1. #809fa0
  2. #a08180

Split complementary

  1. #809fa0
  2. #a0808f
  3. #a09180

Analogous

  1. #80a091
  2. #809fa0
  3. #808fa0

Triadic

  1. #809fa0
  2. #a0809f
  3. #9fa080

Tetradic

  1. #809fa0
  2. #8180a0
  3. #a08180
  4. #9fa080

Square

  1. #809fa0
  2. #9180a0
  3. #a08180
  4. #8fa080

Monochromatic

  1. #3a4d4d
  2. #5b7879
  3. #809fa0
  4. #acc0c1
  5. #d8e1e1

Shades

#809fa0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809fa0
  2. #738f90
  3. #667f80
  4. #5a6f70
  5. #4d5f60
  6. #405050
  7. #334040
  8. #263030
  9. #1a2020
  10. #0d1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#809fa0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809fa0
  2. #8da9aa
  3. #99b2b3
  4. #a6bcbd
  5. #b3c5c6
  6. #c0cfd0
  7. #ccd9d9
  8. #d9e2e3
  9. #e6ecec
  10. #f2f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809fa0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809fa0
  2. #809c9d
  3. #80999a
  4. #809696
  5. #809393
  6. #809090
  7. #808c8d
  8. #80898a
  9. #808686
  10. #808383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #909c9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9ca0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9497a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76a19f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919da0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8d9aa0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aa0a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809fa0 {
  color: #809fa0;
}
Background
.bg-809fa0 {
  background-color: #809fa0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809fa0 {
  border: 2px solid #809fa0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809fa0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 159 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 14% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809fa0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809fa0, #808fa0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809fa0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 159 160 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.79 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.00 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.19 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.29 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.36 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.36 #7f605f Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#809fa0  rgb(128, 159, 160)  hsl(182, 14%, 56%)  Cadet Blue
#a08180  rgb(160, 129, 128)  hsl(2, 14%, 56%)  Rosy Brown
#a0809f  rgb(160, 128, 159)  hsl(302, 14%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9fa080  rgb(159, 160, 128)  hsl(62, 14%, 56%)  Sage