Recognised as Colour

#7E7972

#7E7972
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7972 is a grey with RGB values 126, 121, 114 and HSL 35°, 5%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#7E7972

RGBrgb(126, 121, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4745, 0.4471

RGB percentages49.4%, 47.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(35, 5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(35, 9.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 9.5%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,288,626

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7972;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#81868D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B7972no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C7A72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#807877no 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 text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.2 Dim grey · ΔE 8.1 Slate grey · ΔE 15.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6 Dark grey · ΔE 18.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72777E

Analogous#7E7372, #7D7E72

Triadic#727E79, #79727E

Split complementary#727D7E, #73727E

Tetradic#727E73, #72777E, #7E727D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0DEDC

Lighter +30%#C7C5C2

Lighter +20%#AFACA7

Lighter +10%#97928C

Darker −10%#635F5A

Darker −20%#484642

Darker −30%#2E2C29

Darker −40%#131211

More saturated +25%#9C7E54

Less saturated −25%#787878

Channel breakdown

R126

G121

B114

Red126 (49.4%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue35°

Saturation (HSL)5%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 79 · B 72

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