Colour

#798F91

#798F91
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#798F91 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 143, 145 and HSL 185°, 10%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#798F91#798F91

HEX#798F91

RGBrgb(121, 143, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5608, 0.5686

RGB percentages47.5%, 56.1%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(185, 9.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185, 16.6%, 56.9%)

CMYK16.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,966,609

CSS custom property--colour: #798F91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1

Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#86706E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C8D91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#878991no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#729190no 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 text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.2 Gray · ΔE 9.3 Slate grey · ΔE 10 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3 Dark grey · ΔE 14.1 Dim grey · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#917B79

Analogous#799187, #798391

Triadic#91798F, #8F9179

Split complementary#917983, #918779

Tetradic#877991, #917B79, #839179

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9EDED

Lighter +30%#CDD5D6

Lighter +20%#B1BEBF

Lighter +10%#95A6A8

Darker −10%#617476

Darker −20%#4A595A

Darker −30%#333D3E

Darker −40%#1C2222

More saturated +25%#5AA8B0

Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R121

G143

B145

Red121 (47.5%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue185°

Saturation (HSL)9.84%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 8F · B 91

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