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Recognised as Colour

#788D8C

  • #788D8C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Gray

#788D8C is a cyan with RGB values 120, 141, 140 and HSL 177°, 8%, 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

#788D8C#788D8C
HEX#788D8C
RGBrgb(120, 141, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.5529, 0.549
RGB percentages47.1%, 55.3%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(177.1, 8.4%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 14.9%, 55.3%)
CMYK14.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,900,556
CSS custom property--colour: #788D8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.9 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#877273

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8B8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#86878Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#728E8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 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 8.7Light slate grey · ΔE 10.7Slate grey · ΔE 11Cadetblue · ΔE 13.8Dark grey · ΔE 14.6Dim grey · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D7879
Analogous#788D82, #78848D
Triadic#8C788D, #8D8C78
Split complementary#8D7884, #8D8278
Tetradic#81788D, #8D7879, #848D78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7EAEA
Lighter +30%#CBD3D3
Lighter +20%#AFBCBB
Lighter +10%#94A4A4
Darker −10%#607271
Darker −20%#495656
Darker −30%#313B3A
Darker −40%#1A1F1F
More saturated +25%#59ACA8
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R120
G141
B140
Red120 (47.1%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue177.14°
Saturation (HSL)8.43%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G 8D · B 8C

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