All About Color Cascade

#8BA9A5

Cascade is a soft, muted green color, resembling the color of cascading waterfalls. It's a tranquil and soothing color, perfect for creating a peaceful and serene space.

About Cascade

Cascade is a light cyan color with the hex code #8BA9A5. In RGB it is red 139, green 169, blue 165; in HSL it is hue 172°, saturation 15%, lightness 60%; in CMYK it is 18%, 0%, 2%, 34%. Its contrast ratio is 2.53:1 on white and 8.32:1 on black.

#8BA9A5 Color Conversion

Hex triplet8B, A9, A5
CMYK17.75%, 0.00%, 2.37%, 33.73%
RGB Decimal139, 169, 165
HSL172°, 15%, 60%
RGB Octal213, 251, 245
HSV (HSB)172.00°, 17.75%, 66.27%
RGB Binary10001011, 10101001, 10100101
CIE-L*AB66.96, -11.12, -1.38
RGB Percent54.51%, 66.27%, 64.71%
CIE-L*CH66.96, 11.20, 187.05
XYZ31.63, 36.58, 40.99
CIE-L*UV66.96, -15.63, -0.18
xyY0.29, 0.33, 36.58
Hunter-Lab60.48, -12.51, 2.15
RYB54.51%, 60.81%, 66.27%

Color Accessibility Scores

#8BA9A5 on a dark background: contrast 8.32:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#8BA9A5 on a light background: contrast 2.53:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Cascade, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Cascade. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#8BA9A5 · #BECFCD · #5B7B77 · #A88A8E · #CFBEC1

Analogous palette

#8EA88A · #8AA895 · #8BA9A5 · #8A9DA8 · #8A8EA8

Triadic palette

#8BA9A5 · #A48AA8 · #A8A48A · #BECFCD · #CDBECF

Tetradic palette

#8BA9A5 · #958AA8 · #A88A8E · #9DA88A · #5B7B77

Monochromatic palette

#415855 · #62847F · #8BA9A5 · #B6C9C6 · #E2E9E8

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