Colour

#76797F

#76797F
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#76797F is a grey with RGB values 118, 121, 127 and HSL 220°, 4%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#76797F#76797F

HEX#76797F

RGBrgb(118, 121, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.4745, 0.498

RGB percentages46.3%, 47.5%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(220, 3.7%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 7.1%, 49.8%)

CMYK7.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,764,351

CSS custom property--colour: #76797F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#898680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#77797Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#76787Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#747A7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 4.6 Dim grey · ΔE 7.3 Slate grey · ΔE 7.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4 Dark grey · ΔE 18.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 4.63, a close match

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F7C76

Analogous#767E7F, #78767F

Triadic#7F7679, #797F76

Split complementary#7F7876, #7E7F76

Tetradic#7F767E, #7F7C76, #767F78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFE0E2

Lighter +30%#C5C6C9

Lighter +20%#ABADB0

Lighter +10%#909398

Darker −10%#5D6065

Darker −20%#45474A

Darker −30%#2C2D30

Darker −40%#141415

More saturated +25%#576F9E

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R118

G121

B127

Red118 (46.3%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)3.67%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 76 · G 79 · B 7F

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Colour values

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