#7a7e79 Color Information

#7a7e79 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #7a7e79. In RGB, it consists of 47.8% Red, 49.4% Green, and 47.5% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 3.2% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 4% Yellow, and 50.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 108.0°, with saturation of 2% and lightness of 48.4%. The decimal value for #7a7e79 is 8027769, and its nearest "web safe" color is #666666. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #7a7e79 is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#7a7e79 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color122, 126, 121 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color47.8%, 49.4%, 47.5% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.522, 0.506, 0.525 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.032, 0, 0.04, 0.506 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color108.0°, 2.0%, 48.4% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color108.0°, 4.0%, 49.4% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color18.938, 20.440, 21.036 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color121, 126, 125 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code8027769 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color52.331, -2.494, 2.192 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)52.331, 3.320, 138.688 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color52.331, -1.990, 3.400 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color45.210, -4.347, 4.060 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.313, 0.338, 20.440 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4286217849 / 0xff7a7e79 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#666666 Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #7a7e79

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #7a7e79, its pure hue is 108.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 2.0%, and its lightness is 48.4%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #7a7e79, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #0f100f to #6b6e6a.

Tints of #7a7e79

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #7a7e79, its pure hue is 108.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 2.0%, and its lightness is 48.4%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #7a7e79, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #8b8e8a to #eeefee.

Tones of #7a7e79

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #7a7e79, its pure hue is 108.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 2.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #7a7e79, which range from #7c7c7c (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #31f700 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #7a7e79

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #7a7e79! For #7a7e79, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #7a7e79. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #7a7e79

This color, #7a7e79, consists of 47.8% Red, 49.4% Green, and 47.5% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 122, Green = 126, Blue = 121. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #7a7e79 is 3.2% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 4% Yellow, and 50.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R47.8%
C3.2%
G49.4%
M0.0%
B47.5%
Y4.0%
K50.6%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 122 126 121
Octal 172 176 171
Hexa #7a #7e #79
Binary 01111010 01111110 01111001
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 3 0 3 50
Octal 3 0 3 62
Hexa #03 #00 #03 #32
Binary 00000011 00000000 00000011 00110010

Analogous Colors of #7a7e79

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #7a7e79 — which has hue 108.0° — its analogous colors are located at 78.0° and 138.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #7a7e79.

Triadic Colors of #7a7e79

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #7a7e79 — which has hue 108.0° — its triadic colors are located at 108.0° and 348.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #7a7e79.

Complementary Color of #7a7e79

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #7a7e79 — which has hue 108.0° — its complementary color is located at 288.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #7a7e79.

Split Complementary Colors of #7a7e79

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #7a7e79 — which has hue 108.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 108.0° and 318.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #7a7e79.

Tetradic Colors of #7a7e79

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #7a7e79 — which has hue 108.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 18.0°, 108.0°, 198.0°, and 288.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #7a7e79.

Monochromatic Colors of #7a7e79

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #7a7e79, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #3d3e3d — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #b8bbb7 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #7a7e79

We want to make getting started with #7a7e79 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #7a7e79 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #7a7e79 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #7a7e79 with other HTML elements.

#7a7e79 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #7a7e79.
<span style="color: #7a7e79;">The color of this text is #7a7e79.</span>

#7a7e79 Background Color

The background color for this text is #7a7e79.
<div style="background-color: #7a7e79; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #7a7e79.</div>

#7a7e79 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #7a7e79.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #7a7e79;">This color for the shadow of this text is #7a7e79.</span>

#7a7e79 Border Color

This is a div with border color #7a7e79.
<div style="border: #7a7e79 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #7a7e79.</div>

#7a7e79 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #7a7e79 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #7a7e79; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #7a7e79 on a white background.</div></div>

#7a7e79 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #7a7e79 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #7a7e79; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #7a7e79 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #7a7e79 to White

This is a gradient from #7a7e79 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#7a7e79,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#7a7e79,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#7a7e79,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#7a7e79,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #7a7e79 to white.</div>

Gradient from #7a7e79 to Black

This is a gradient from #7a7e79 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#7a7e79,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#7a7e79,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#7a7e79,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#7a7e79,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #7a7e79 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #7a7e79

In addition to using #7a7e79 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #7a7e79 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #7a7e79, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 122, Green = 126, Blue = 121). If you need details about the color coordinates of #7a7e79 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #7a7e79
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(122, 126, 121)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #7a7e79; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #7a7e79; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #7a7e79; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(122, 126, 121);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#7a7e79")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:122, green:126, blue:121, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:122 green:126 blue:121 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(122f, 126f, 121f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(122, 126, 121);
 

#7a7e79 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #7a7e79 the same way. For those with color blindness, #7a7e79 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #7a7e79 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #7a7e79 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #7a7e79 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #7a7e79 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #7a7e79 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 4.1:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #7a7e79 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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