Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#6A746E

  • #6A746E
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6A746E is a grey with RGB values 106, 116, 110 and HSL 144°, 5%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6A746E#6A746E
HEX#6A746E
RGBrgb(106, 116, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4549, 0.4314
RGB percentages41.6%, 45.5%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(144, 4.5%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CMYK8.6%, 0%, 5.2%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,976,622
CSS custom property--colour: #6A746E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#958B91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#74726Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#72716Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#687472no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 6.4Gray · ΔE 7.9Slate grey · ΔE 13.8Light slate grey · ΔE 15.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.8Cadetblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#746A70
Analogous#6B746A, #6A7473
Triadic#6E6A74, #746E6A
Split complementary#736A74, #746A6B
Tetradic#6A6B74, #746A70, #74736A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3D7D5
Lighter +30%#B8BFBB
Lighter +20%#9EA6A1
Lighter +10%#838E87
Darker −10%#525955
Darker −20%#393F3B
Darker −30%#212422
Darker −40%#090909
More saturated +25%#4E9068
Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R106
G116
B110
Red106 (41.6%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue144°
Saturation (HSL)4.5%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G 74 · B 6E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6a746e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.