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Recognised as Colour

#77728E

  • #77728E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#77728E is a blue with RGB values 119, 114, 142 and HSL 251°, 11%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#77728E#77728E
HEX#77728E
RGBrgb(119, 114, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.4471, 0.5569
RGB percentages46.7%, 44.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(250.7, 11%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.7, 19.7%, 55.7%)
CMYK16.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,828,110
CSS custom property--colour: #77728E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#888D71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C768Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C758Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#73767Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 11.4Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Gray · ΔE 17.1Dim grey · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Dark grey · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 11.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#898E72
Analogous#727B8E, #85728E
Triadic#8E7772, #728E77
Split complementary#8E8572, #7B8E72
Tetradic#8E727B, #898E72, #728E85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E3E9
Lighter +30%#C9C7D2
Lighter +20%#AEABBB
Lighter +10%#928EA5
Darker −10%#5F5B72
Darker −20%#484555
Darker −30%#302E39
Darker −40%#18171D
More saturated +25%#6352AE
Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R119
G114
B142
Red119 (46.7%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue250.71°
Saturation (HSL)11.02%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 72 · B 8E

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