Colour

#70737E

#70737E
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#70737E is a grey with RGB values 112, 115, 126 and HSL 227°, 6%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#70737E#70737E

HEX#70737E

RGBrgb(112, 115, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.451, 0.4941

RGB percentages43.9%, 45.1%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(227.1, 5.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 11.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK11.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,369,598

CSS custom property--colour: #70737E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17213WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1

Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#8F8C81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#70747Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F737Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6D7576no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 6.9 Dim grey · ΔE 7.7 Gray · ΔE 8.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4 Dark grey · ΔE 21.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7E7B70

Analogous#707A7E, #74707E

Triadic#7E7073, #737E70

Split complementary#7E7470, #7A7E70

Tetradic#7E707A, #7E7B70, #707E74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DBDCDF

Lighter +30%#C0C1C7

Lighter +20%#A5A7AF

Lighter +10%#8A8D97

Darker −10%#585A63

Darker −20%#404248

Darker −30%#28292D

Darker −40%#101012

More saturated +25%#52629C

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R112

G115

B126

Red112 (43.9%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue227.14°

Saturation (HSL)5.88%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 70 · G 73 · B 7E

Keep nerding

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

#70737E

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else