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Recognised as Colour

#7F949B

  • #7F949B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7F949B is a cyan with RGB values 127, 148, 155 and HSL 195°, 12%, 55%. 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

#7F949B#7F949B
HEX#7F949B
RGBrgb(127, 148, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.5804, 0.6078
RGB percentages49.8%, 58%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(195, 12.3%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 18.1%, 60.8%)
CMYK18.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,361,115
CSS custom property--colour: #7F949B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#806B64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90939Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B8F9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#779796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.3Slate grey · ΔE 9.1Gray · ΔE 10.6Dark grey · ΔE 12.6Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9Dim grey · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B867F
Analogous#7F9B94, #7F869B
Triadic#9B7F94, #949B7F
Split complementary#9B7F86, #9B947F
Tetradic#947F9B, #9B867F, #869B7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F4F4
Lighter +30%#D5DCDE
Lighter +20%#B8C4C8
Lighter +10%#9CACB1
Darker −10%#657B82
Darker −20%#4F6065
Darker −30%#394448
Darker −40%#22292C
More saturated +25%#63A2B8
Less saturated −25%#8D8D8D

Channel breakdown

R127
G148
B155
Red127 (49.8%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)12.28%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 94 · B 9B

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