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Recognised as Colour

#73727E

  • #73727E
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#73727E is a grey with RGB values 115, 114, 126 and HSL 245°, 5%, 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

#73727E#73727E
HEX#73727E
RGBrgb(115, 114, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4471, 0.4941
RGB percentages45.1%, 44.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(245, 5%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245, 9.5%, 49.4%)
CMYK8.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,565,950
CSS custom property--colour: #73727E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.7 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#8C8D81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F737Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F737Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#717476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 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 7.8Dim grey · ΔE 8.2Gray · ΔE 8.7Light slate grey · ΔE 10.2Dark grey · ΔE 21.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D7E72
Analogous#72777E, #79727E
Triadic#7E7372, #727E73
Split complementary#7E7972, #777E72
Tetradic#7E7277, #7D7E72, #727E79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDDCE0
Lighter +30%#C2C2C7
Lighter +20%#A8A7AF
Lighter +10%#8D8C97
Darker −10%#5B5A63
Darker −20%#424248
Darker −30%#2A292E
Darker −40%#111113
More saturated +25%#5A549C
Less saturated −25%#787878

Channel breakdown

R115
G114
B126
Red115 (45.1%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue245°
Saturation (HSL)5%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 72 · B 7E

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