Colour

#7A989D

#7A989D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#7A989D is a cyan with RGB values 122, 152, 157 and HSL 189°, 15%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#7A989D

RGBrgb(122, 152, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.5961, 0.6157

RGB percentages47.8%, 59.6%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(188.6, 15.2%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 22.3%, 61.6%)

CMYK22.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,034,461

CSS custom property--colour: #7A989D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#856762

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93959Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D919Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6F9B99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 10.5 Slate grey · ΔE 11.6 Gray · ΔE 13.2 Dark grey · ΔE 13.9 Dim grey · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9D7F7A

Analogous#7A9D91, #7A879D

Triadic#9D7A98, #989D7A

Split complementary#9D7A87, #9D917A

Tetradic#917A9D, #9D7F7A, #879D7A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFF3F4

Lighter +30%#D2DCDE

Lighter +20%#B5C5C8

Lighter +10%#97AFB3

Darker −10%#617E83

Darker −20%#4B6266

Darker −30%#354649

Darker −40%#202A2B

More saturated +25%#5DADBA

Less saturated −25%#8C8C8C

Channel breakdown

R122

G152

B157

Red122 (47.8%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue188.57°

Saturation (HSL)15.15%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7A · G 98 · B 9D

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Colour values

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