Colour

#7E7C70

#7E7C70
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#7E7C70 is a grey with RGB values 126, 124, 112 and HSL 51°, 6%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#7E7C70

RGBrgb(126, 124, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.4863, 0.4392

RGB percentages49.4%, 48.6%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(51.4, 5.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 11.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 11.1%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,289,392

CSS custom property--colour: #7E7C70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1

Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#81838F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7B6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7C70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#807A79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 7.2 Dim grey · ΔE 10.2 Slate grey · ΔE 17.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4 Dark grey · ΔE 18.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70727E

Analogous#7E7570, #797E70

Triadic#707E7C, #7C707E

Split complementary#70797E, #75707E

Tetradic#707E75, #70727E, #7E7079

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFDEDB

Lighter +30%#C7C6C0

Lighter +20%#AFAEA5

Lighter +10%#97958A

Darker −10%#636158

Darker −20%#484740

Darker −30%#2D2C28

Darker −40%#121210

More saturated +25%#9C9152

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R126

G124

B112

Red126 (49.4%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)5.88%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 7C · B 70

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