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Recognised as Colour

#77969E

  • #77969E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#77969E is a cyan with RGB values 119, 150, 158 and HSL 192°, 17%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#77969E#77969E
HEX#77969E
RGBrgb(119, 150, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.5882, 0.6196
RGB percentages46.7%, 58.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(192.3, 16.7%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 24.7%, 62%)
CMYK24.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,837,342
CSS custom property--colour: #77969E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#886961

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90949Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8F9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6B9998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.5Slate grey · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 10.8Gray · ΔE 13.5Dark grey · ΔE 14.9Dim grey · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E7F77
Analogous#779E93, #77839E
Triadic#9E7796, #969E77
Split complementary#9E7783, #9E9377
Tetradic#93779E, #9E7F77, #839E77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF2F3
Lighter +30%#D0DBDE
Lighter +20%#B3C4C8
Lighter +10%#95ADB3
Darker −10%#5E7C84
Darker −20%#496066
Darker −30%#344448
Darker −40%#1E282B
More saturated +25%#5AA7BB
Less saturated −25%#8B8B8B

Channel breakdown

R119
G150
B158
Red119 (46.7%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue192.31°
Saturation (HSL)16.74%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 96 · B 9E

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