Recognised as Colour

#797C73

#797C73
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#797C73 is a grey with RGB values 121, 124, 115 and HSL 80°, 4%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#797C73#797C73

HEX#797C73

RGBrgb(121, 124, 115)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4863, 0.451

RGB percentages47.5%, 48.6%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(80, 3.8%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(80, 7.3%, 48.6%)

CMYK2.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,961,715

CSS custom property--colour: #797C73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#86838C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D7B73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7B73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7A7B79no 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 text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.8 Dim grey · ΔE 8.9 Slate grey · ΔE 15.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2 Dark grey · ΔE 18.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#76737C

Analogous#7C7A73, #747C73

Triadic#73797C, #7C7379

Split complementary#73747C, #7A737C

Tetradic#737C7A, #76737C, #7C7375

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEDFDC

Lighter +30%#C5C6C2

Lighter +20%#ACAEA7

Lighter +10%#92958D

Darker −10%#5F625A

Darker −20%#454742

Darker −30%#2C2D29

Darker −40%#121211

More saturated +25%#839A55

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R121

G124

B115

Red121 (47.5%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue80°

Saturation (HSL)3.77%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 7C · B 73

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