#77779B colour

#77779B is a greyish blue close to CSS slategray: RGB 119, 119, 155, HSL 240, 15%, 54%. Black text passes AA (4.90:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#77779B

Nearest CSS name: slategray #708090 (not an exact match)
Described as: a greyish blue
Red, green, blue: 119, 119, 155
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1948 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#77779b`
RGB	`rgb(119, 119, 155)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(46.7% 46.7% 60.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(240, 15.3%, 53.7%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 23.2%, 60.8%)`
HWB	`hwb(240 46.7% 39.2%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(23%, 23%, 0%, 39%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(51.06% 6.14 -19.53)`
OKLCH	`oklch(58.27% 0.0549 284.57)`
Decimal	`7829403`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 4.29:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 4.90:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	4.29:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	4.90:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #77779B (4.90:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#8383a4 18%#9090ad 27%#9c9cb6 36%#a8a8bf 45%#b5b5c8 55%#c1c1d2 64%#cecedb 73%#dadae4 82%#e6e6ed 91%#f3f3f6

9%#6c6c8d 18%#61617f 27%#575771 36%#4c4c63 45%#414155 55%#363646 64%#2b2b38 73%#20202a 82%#16161c 91%#0b0b0e

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#77779b #9b9b77

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#77899b #77779b #89779b

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#77779b #9b7777 #779b77

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#77779b #9b8977 #899b77

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#77779b #9b7789 #9b9b77 #779b89

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#77779b Protanopia#6e7b9d Deuteranopia#6d799a Tritanopia#6f7d83 Achromatopsia#7a7a7a

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #77779b;`
Background	`background-color: #77779b;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #77779b;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(119 119 155 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #77779b;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #77779b, #47475d);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #adadc3, #77779b);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #77779b; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #77779B to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.