Colour

#778D90

#778D90
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#778D90 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 141, 144 and HSL 187°, 10%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#778D90#778D90

HEX#778D90

RGBrgb(119, 141, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.5529, 0.5647

RGB percentages46.7%, 55.3%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(187.2, 10.1%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.2, 17.4%, 56.5%)

CMYK17.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,835,024

CSS custom property--colour: #778D90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#88726F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#898B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#858790no 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 4.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.5 Gray · ΔE 9 Slate grey · ΔE 9.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6 Dark grey · ΔE 14.7 Dim grey · ΔE 15.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#907A77

Analogous#779087, #778090

Triadic#90778D, #8D9077

Split complementary#907780, #908677

Tetradic#877790, #907A77, #819077

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7EBEC

Lighter +30%#CBD4D5

Lighter +20%#AFBCBE

Lighter +10%#93A5A7

Darker −10%#5F7275

Darker −20%#485759

Darker −30%#313B3D

Darker −40%#1B2020

More saturated +25%#58A4AF

Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R119

G141

B144

Red119 (46.7%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue187.2°

Saturation (HSL)10.12%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 77 · G 8D · B 90

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