Recognised as Colour

#79939B

#79939B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#79939B is a cyan with RGB values 121, 147, 155 and HSL 194°, 15%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#79939B#79939B

HEX#79939B

RGBrgb(121, 147, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5765, 0.6078

RGB percentages47.5%, 57.6%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(194.1, 14.5%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 21.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK21.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,967,643

CSS custom property--colour: #79939B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#866C64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E919Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#888D9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#6F9695no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.2 Slate grey · ΔE 8.9 Gray · ΔE 11.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 12.5 Dark grey · ΔE 14.3 Dim grey · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9B8179

Analogous#799B92, #79829B

Triadic#9B7993, #939B79

Split complementary#9B7982, #9B9279

Tetradic#92799B, #9B8179, #829B79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEF1F2

Lighter +30%#D1DADC

Lighter +20%#B3C2C7

Lighter +10%#96ABB1

Darker −10%#607981

Darker −20%#4A5E64

Darker −30%#354246

Darker −40%#1F2729

More saturated +25%#5CA2B8

Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R121

G147

B155

Red121 (47.5%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue194.12°

Saturation (HSL)14.53%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 93 · B 9B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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