Recognised as Colour

#778D8F

#778D8F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#778D8F is a cyan with RGB values 119, 141, 143 and HSL 185°, 10%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#778D8F#778D8F

HEX#778D8F

RGBrgb(119, 141, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.5529, 0.5608

RGB percentages46.7%, 55.3%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(185, 9.7%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185, 16.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK16.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,835,023

CSS custom property--colour: #778D8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#887270

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A8B8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#85878Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#708F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 8.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.1 Slate grey · ΔE 9.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5 Dark grey · ΔE 14.7 Dim grey · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8F7977

Analogous#778F85, #77818F

Triadic#8F778D, #8D8F77

Split complementary#8F7781, #8F8577

Tetradic#85778F, #8F7977, #818F77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7EBEB

Lighter +30%#CBD3D4

Lighter +20%#AFBCBD

Lighter +10%#93A4A6

Darker −10%#5F7274

Darker −20%#485658

Darker −30%#313B3C

Darker −40%#1A1F20

More saturated +25%#58A7AE

Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R119

G141

B143

Red119 (46.7%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue185°

Saturation (HSL)9.68%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 77 · G 8D · B 8F

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Colour harmonies

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