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Recognised as Colour

#798F95

  • #798F95
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#798F95 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 143, 149 and HSL 193°, 12%, 53%. 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

#798F95#798F95
HEX#798F95
RGBrgb(121, 143, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5608, 0.5843
RGB percentages47.5%, 56.1%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(192.9, 11.7%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 18.8%, 58.4%)
CMYK18.8%, 4%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,966,613
CSS custom property--colour: #798F95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#86706A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B8D95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#868A95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#719191no 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 text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.1Slate grey · ΔE 8.2Gray · ΔE 9.7Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.3Dim grey · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#957F79
Analogous#79958D, #798195
Triadic#95798F, #8F9579
Split complementary#957981, #958D79
Tetradic#8D7995, #957F79, #819579

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBEEEF
Lighter +30%#CED6D9
Lighter +20%#B2BFC2
Lighter +10%#95A7AC
Darker −10%#61757A
Darker −20%#4A5A5E
Darker −30%#343E41
Darker −40%#1D2325
More saturated +25%#5BA0B3
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R121
G143
B149
Red121 (47.5%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)11.67%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 8F · B 95

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