Colour

#978B92

#978B92
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#978B92 is a grey with RGB values 151, 139, 146 and HSL 325°, 5%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#978B92#978B92

HEX#978B92

RGBrgb(151, 139, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5451, 0.5725

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.5%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(325, 5.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(325, 7.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 3.3%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,666

CSS custom property--colour: #978B92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#68746D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B8D92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8F92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#998B8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 8.3 Dark grey · ΔE 11.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.5 Slate grey · ΔE 13.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.9 Dim grey · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B9790

Analogous#968B97, #978B8C

Triadic#92978B, #8B9297

Split complementary#8C978B, #8B9796

Tetradic#97968B, #8B9790, #8B8C97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F7

Lighter +30%#DFDCDE

Lighter +20%#C7C1C5

Lighter +10%#AFA6AB

Darker −10%#7E7179

Darker −20%#63595F

Darker −30%#484145

Darker −40%#2D292B

More saturated +25%#B36F97

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R151

G139

B146

Red151 (59.2%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue325°

Saturation (HSL)5.45%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8B · B 92

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