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Steel Gray — #71797E

#71797E, primarily known as Steel Gray, is composed of 44% red, 47% green, and 49% blue in RGB. In CMYK it is 10% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow, 51% black. In HSL the hue angle is 203°, saturation 5%, and lightness 47%. The closest web-safe color is #666666.

Closest named match: Iron Frost (#6F797E, ΔE 0.81)

Format Value Copy
HEX #71797E
RGB rgb(113, 121, 126)
HSL hsl(203.1, 5.4%, 46.9%)
HSV hsv(203.1, 10.3%, 49.4%)
CMYK cmyk(10.3%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
OKLCH oklch(57.1% 0.0123 234.97)
HWB hwb(203.1 44.3% 50.6%)
LAB lab(50.3% -2.3 -3.83)
LCH lch(50.3% 4.5 239.1)
OKLAB oklab(57.1% -0.0071 -0.0101)
XYZ X 17.41 Y 18.69 Z 22.43
Web Safe #666666
RGB Percent 44.3%, 47.5%, 49.4%
Decimal 7436670

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On white

Sample

4.43:1

AA normal ✗ · AA large ✓

On black

Sample

4.74:1

AA normal ✓ · AA large ✓

Protanopia

99% similar

1.3% of men, 0.02% of women

Deuteranopia

99% similar

6% of men, 0.4% of women

Tritanopia

99% similar

0.001% of population

Achromatopsia

98% similar

0.003% of population

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