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Recognised as Colour

#7B9595

  • #7B9595
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7B9595 is a cyan with RGB values 123, 149, 149 and HSL 180°, 11%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7B9595#7B9595
HEX#7B9595
RGBrgb(123, 149, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.5843, 0.5843
RGB percentages48.2%, 58.4%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(180, 10.9%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 17.4%, 58.4%)
CMYK17.4%, 0%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,099,221
CSS custom property--colour: #7B9595;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#846A6A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#919295no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8E95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#739795no 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 text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.3Gray · ΔE 11.4Cadetblue · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 12.4Dark grey · ΔE 13.5Dim grey · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#957B7B
Analogous#7B9588, #7B8895
Triadic#957B95, #95957B
Split complementary#957B88, #95887B
Tetradic#887B95, #957B7B, #88957B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF0F0
Lighter +30%#D0D9D9
Lighter +20%#B4C2C2
Lighter +10%#97ACAC
Darker −10%#627B7B
Darker −20%#4C5E5E
Darker −30%#354242
Darker −40%#1E2626
More saturated +25%#5DB3B3
Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R123
G149
B149
Red123 (48.2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)10.92%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 95 · B 95

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