Recognised as Colour

#ADA79F

#ADA79F
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#ADA79F is a grey with RGB values 173, 167, 159 and HSL 34°, 8%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ADA79F#ADA79F

HEX#ADA79F

RGBrgb(173, 167, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6549, 0.6235

RGB percentages67.8%, 65.5%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(34.3, 7.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.3, 8.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 3.5%, 8.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,380,639

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA79F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#525860

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9A79Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABA89Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B0A5A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5 Silver · ΔE 10.2 Gray · ΔE 16 Light grey · ΔE 16.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 17.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 4.97, a close match

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FA5AD

Analogous#ADA09F, #ACAD9F

Triadic#9FADA7, #A79FAD

Split complementary#9FACAD, #A09FAD

Tetradic#9FADA0, #9FA5AD, #AD9FAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F3F2

Lighter +20%#DCD9D6

Lighter +10%#C4C0BB

Darker −10%#968E83

Darker −20%#7C746A

Darker −30%#615B52

Darker −40%#45413B

More saturated +25%#C3AA89

Less saturated −25%#A6A6A6

Channel breakdown

R173

G167

B159

Red173 (67.8%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue34.29°

Saturation (HSL)7.87%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G A7 · B 9F

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