Recognised as Colour

#798A91

#798A91
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#798A91 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 138, 145 and HSL 198°, 10%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#798A91#798A91

HEX#798A91

RGBrgb(121, 138, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5412, 0.5686

RGB percentages47.5%, 54.1%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(197.5, 9.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 16.6%, 56.9%)

CMYK16.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,965,329

CSS custom property--colour: #798A91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#86756E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#868991no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#828691no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#738C8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.8 Slate grey · ΔE 6.4 Gray · ΔE 7.9 Dim grey · ΔE 14.1 Dark grey · ΔE 14.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#918079

Analogous#79918C, #797E91

Triadic#91798A, #8A9179

Split complementary#91797E, #918C79

Tetradic#8C7991, #918079, #7E9179

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9ECED

Lighter +30%#CDD3D6

Lighter +20%#B1BBBF

Lighter +10%#95A2A8

Darker −10%#617076

Darker −20%#4A555A

Darker −30%#333B3E

Darker −40%#1C2022

More saturated +25%#5A97B0

Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R121

G138

B145

Red121 (47.5%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue197.5°

Saturation (HSL)9.84%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 8A · B 91

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Colour values

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