Recognised as Colour

#79797B

#79797B
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#79797B is a grey with RGB values 121, 121, 123 and HSL 240°, 1%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#79797B#79797B

HEX#79797B

RGBrgb(121, 121, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4745, 0.4824

RGB percentages47.5%, 47.5%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(240, 0.8%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 1.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK1.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,960,955

CSS custom property--colour: #79797B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#868684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#79797Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#79797Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#79797Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 2.9 Dim grey · ΔE 6.6 Slate grey · ΔE 10 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5 Dark grey · ΔE 18.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 2.94, a close match

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7B7B79

Analogous#797A7B, #7A797B

Triadic#7B7979, #797B79

Split complementary#7B7A79, #7A7B79

Tetradic#7B797A, #7B7B79, #797B7A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0E0E0

Lighter +30%#C6C6C7

Lighter +20%#ACACAE

Lighter +10%#939394

Darker −10%#606061

Darker −20%#464648

Darker −30%#2D2D2E

Darker −40%#141414

More saturated +25%#5A5A99

Less saturated −25%#7A7A7A

Channel breakdown

R121

G121

B123

Red121 (47.5%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)0.82%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 79 · B 7B

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