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Recognised as Colour

#778A8E

  • #778A8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#778A8E is a cyan with RGB values 119, 138, 142 and HSL 190°, 9%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#778A8E#778A8E
HEX#778A8E
RGBrgb(119, 138, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.5412, 0.5569
RGB percentages46.7%, 54.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(190.4, 9.2%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 16.2%, 55.7%)
CMYK16.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,834,254
CSS custom property--colour: #778A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#887571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86888Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#82858Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#718C8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.6Gray · ΔE 7.8Slate grey · ΔE 7.9Dim grey · ΔE 13.9Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Dark grey · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E7B77
Analogous#778E87, #777E8E
Triadic#8E778A, #8A8E77
Split complementary#8E777E, #8E8777
Tetradic#87778E, #8E7B77, #7E8E77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6EAEB
Lighter +30%#CBD2D3
Lighter +20%#AFBABC
Lighter +10%#93A2A5
Darker −10%#5F6F73
Darker −20%#485457
Darker −30%#31393B
Darker −40%#1A1E1F
More saturated +25%#589EAD
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R119
G138
B142
Red119 (46.7%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue190.43°
Saturation (HSL)9.24%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 8A · B 8E

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