Recognised as Colour

#7C7987

#7C7987
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#7C7987 is a grey with RGB values 124, 121, 135 and HSL 253°, 6%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#7C7987#7C7987

HEX#7C7987

RGBrgb(124, 121, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.4745, 0.5294

RGB percentages48.6%, 47.5%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(252.9, 5.5%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 10.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK8.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,157,575

CSS custom property--colour: #7C7987;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B

Inverted#838678

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#767B88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#777B87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#7A7B7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 7.2 Gray · ΔE 8.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 8.6 Dim grey · ΔE 10.9 Dark grey · ΔE 19.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#848779

Analogous#797D87, #837987

Triadic#877C79, #79877C

Split complementary#878379, #7D8779

Tetradic#87797D, #848779, #798783

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5E5E7

Lighter +30%#CBCACF

Lighter +20%#B1AFB7

Lighter +10%#96949F

Darker −10%#63616C

Darker −20%#4B4951

Darker −30%#323136

Darker −40%#19191B

More saturated +25%#6A59A7

Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R124

G121

B135

Red124 (48.6%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue252.86°

Saturation (HSL)5.51%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7C · G 79 · B 87

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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