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#7B7E77

#7b7e77 ≈ Battleship Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7b7e77 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.24% red, 49.41% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.38% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.56% yellow and 50.59% black. Its hue angle is 85.71°, with 2.86% saturation and 48.04% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Battleship Gray (#848482), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.2046

Complementary

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #7a777e

Split complementary

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #77777e
  3. #7e777e

Analogous

  1. #7e7e77
  2. #7b7e77
  3. #777e77

Triadic

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #777b7e
  3. #7e777b

Tetradic

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #777e7a
  3. #7a777e
  4. #7e777b

Square

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #777e7e
  3. #7a777e
  4. #7e7777

Monochromatic

  1. #2e2f2d
  2. #555752
  3. #7b7e77
  4. #a1a39e
  5. #c7c9c5

Shades

#7b7e77 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #6f716b
  3. #62655f
  4. #565853
  5. #4a4c47
  6. #3e3f3c
  7. #313230
  8. #252624
  9. #191918
  10. #0c0d0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#7b7e77 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #888b85
  3. #959892
  4. #a3a5a0
  5. #b0b2ad
  6. #bdbfbb
  7. #cacbc9
  8. #d7d8d6
  9. #e5e5e4
  10. #f2f2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7b7e77 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7b7e77
  2. #7c7e78
  3. #7c7e79
  4. #7d7f7a
  5. #7d7f7b
  6. #7e7f7c
  7. #7e7f7c
  8. #7f7f7d
  9. #7f807e
  10. #80807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7d7b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f7d77 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e7d77 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7b7d7c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d7d77 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d7d77 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b7e7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7b7e77 {
  color: #7b7e77;
}
Background
.bg-7b7e77 {
  background-color: #7b7e77;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7b7e77 {
  border: 2px solid #7b7e77;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7b7e77;
  --color-primary-rgb: 123 126 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 86 3% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7b7e77 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7b7e77, #777e77);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7b7e77 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(123 126 119 / 0.35);
}

#848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 4.36 #808080 Gray ΔE 4.71 #808080 Grey ΔE 4.71 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 7.89 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 9.10 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 9.10 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.84 #848188 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Battleship Gray
#7b7e77  rgb(123, 126, 119)  hsl(86, 3%, 48%)  Battleship Gray
#7a777e  rgb(122, 119, 126)  hsl(266, 3%, 48%)  Gray
#777b7e  rgb(119, 123, 126)  hsl(206, 3%, 48%)  Gray
#7e777b  rgb(126, 119, 123)  hsl(326, 3%, 48%)  Taupe Gray