Recognised as Colour

#79766F

#79766F
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#79766F is a grey with RGB values 121, 118, 111 and HSL 42°, 4%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#79766F#79766F

HEX#79766F

RGBrgb(121, 118, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4627, 0.4353

RGB percentages47.5%, 46.3%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(42, 4.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(42, 8.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 2.5%, 8.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,960,175

CSS custom property--colour: #79766F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.63:1

Contrast with white4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#868990

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#78766Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#79776Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7B7574no 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 text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.8 Dim grey · ΔE 6.8 Slate grey · ΔE 15.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7 Dark grey · ΔE 20 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F7279

Analogous#79716F, #77796F

Triadic#6F7976, #766F79

Split complementary#6F7779, #716F79

Tetradic#6F7971, #6F7279, #796F77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCDBD8

Lighter +30%#C3C2BE

Lighter +20%#ABA9A3

Lighter +10%#928F89

Darker −10%#5E5C57

Darker −20%#44423E

Darker −30%#292826

Darker −40%#0F0E0D

More saturated +25%#968252

Less saturated −25%#747474

Channel breakdown

R121

G118

B111

Red121 (47.5%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue42°

Saturation (HSL)4.31%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 76 · B 6F

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