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Recognised as Colour

#776C8B

  • #776C8B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#776C8B is a violet with RGB values 119, 108, 139 and HSL 261°, 13%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#776C8B#776C8B
HEX#776C8B
RGBrgb(119, 108, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.4235, 0.5451
RGB percentages46.7%, 42.4%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(261.3, 12.6%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 22.3%, 54.5%)
CMYK14.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,826,571
CSS custom property--colour: #776C8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#889374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#66718Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#68718Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#747077no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 14.8Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Dim grey · ΔE 19.1Gray · ΔE 19.8Steel blue · ΔE 23Rosy brown · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 14.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#808B6C
Analogous#6C718B, #866C8B
Triadic#8B776C, #6C8B77
Split complementary#8B866C, #708B6C
Tetradic#8B6C71, #808B6C, #6C8B86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DEE5
Lighter +30%#C6C1CF
Lighter +20%#ACA4B9
Lighter +10%#9188A2
Darker −10%#5E566E
Darker −20%#463F52
Darker −30%#2D2935
Darker −40%#151318
More saturated +25%#6E4DAA
Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R119
G108
B139
Red119 (46.7%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue261.29°
Saturation (HSL)12.55%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 6C · B 8B

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