Recognised as Colour

#7E7772

#7E7772
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7772 is a grey with RGB values 126, 119, 114 and HSL 25°, 5%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#7E7772#7E7772

HEX#7E7772

RGBrgb(126, 119, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4667, 0.4471

RGB percentages49.4%, 46.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(25, 5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(25, 9.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 9.5%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,288,114

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7772;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#81888D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#797772no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7972no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#817676no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.1 Dim grey · ΔE 7.3 Slate grey · ΔE 15 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3 Dark grey · ΔE 19.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72797E

Analogous#7E7273, #7E7D72

Triadic#727E77, #77727E

Split complementary#727E7D, #72737E

Tetradic#737E72, #72797E, #7D727E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DEDC

Lighter +30%#C7C4C2

Lighter +20%#AFAAA7

Lighter +10%#97918C

Darker −10%#635E5A

Darker −20%#484442

Darker −30%#2E2B29

Darker −40%#131211

More saturated +25%#9C7254

Less saturated −25%#787878

Channel breakdown

R126

G119

B114

Red126 (49.4%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue25°

Saturation (HSL)5%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 77 · B 72

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