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#7E7B77

#7e7b77 ≈ Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7e7b77 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.41% red, 48.24% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.38% magenta, 5.56% yellow and 50.59% black. Its hue angle is 34.29°, 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 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Gray (#808080), ΔE 3.07.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1993

Complementary

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #777a7e

Split complementary

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #777e7e
  3. #77777e

Analogous

  1. #7e7777
  2. #7e7b77
  3. #7e7e77

Triadic

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #777e7b
  3. #7b777e

Tetradic

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #7a7e77
  3. #777a7e
  4. #7b777e

Square

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #777e77
  3. #777a7e
  4. #7e777e

Monochromatic

  1. #2f2e2d
  2. #575552
  3. #7e7b77
  4. #a3a19e
  5. #c9c7c5

Shades

#7e7b77 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #716f6b
  3. #65625f
  4. #585653
  5. #4c4a47
  6. #3f3e3c
  7. #323130
  8. #262524
  9. #191918
  10. #0d0c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#7e7b77 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #8b8885
  3. #989592
  4. #a5a3a0
  5. #b2b0ad
  6. #bfbdbb
  7. #cbcac9
  8. #d8d7d6
  9. #e5e5e4
  10. #f2f2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7e7b77 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7e7b77
  2. #7e7c78
  3. #7e7c79
  4. #7f7d7a
  5. #7f7d7b
  6. #7f7e7c
  7. #7f7e7c
  8. #7f7f7d
  9. #807f7e
  10. #80807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7b7a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c7b77 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d7c77 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7f7a7a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d7b77 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d7b77 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f7b79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7e7b77 {
  color: #7e7b77;
}
Background
.bg-7e7b77 {
  background-color: #7e7b77;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7e7b77 {
  border: 2px solid #7e7b77;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7e7b77;
  --color-primary-rgb: 126 123 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 34 3% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7e7b77 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7e7b77, #7e7e77);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7e7b77 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(126 123 119 / 0.35);
}

#808080 Gray ΔE 3.07 #808080 Grey ΔE 3.07 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 3.69 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 6.77 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 7.68 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 7.68 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.62 #818488 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Gray
#7e7b77  rgb(126, 123, 119)  hsl(34, 3%, 48%)  Gray
#777a7e  rgb(119, 122, 126)  hsl(214, 3%, 48%)  Gray
#777e7b  rgb(119, 126, 123)  hsl(154, 3%, 48%)  Gray
#7b777e  rgb(123, 119, 126)  hsl(274, 3%, 48%)  Taupe Gray