Information about #777777 color

#777777 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #777777 is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(119, 119, 119) — 46.7% red, 46.7% green, 46.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 53. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#777777 presents itself as a softly muted balanced grey tone — one that feels open and friendly. It is a natural fit for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Trojan (#757878). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Detroit (#787774) and Sonic Silver (#757575).

Technically, #777777 is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 119, which is what makes it a true neutral. If you plan to put text on a #777777 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 4.7:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 4.5:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#777777 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#777777 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #777777

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Trojan color link
Trojan

#757878

Detroit color link
Detroit

#787774

Sonic Silver color link
Sonic Silver

#757575

Monsoon color link
Monsoon

#7A7679

Triple Delta color link
Triple Delta

#787973

Dove Grey color link
Dove Grey

#777672

Montoya color link
Montoya

#777972

Gunsmoke color link
Gunsmoke

#7A7C76

Harbor Rat color link
Harbor Rat

#757D75

Half Chicago color link
Half Chicago

#777770

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#777777
  • RGB119, 119, 119
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(119, 119, 119)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 47%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 46.667%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 47%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.467
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.467
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.467
  • GLSLvec3(0.467, 0.467, 0.467)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.467, 0.467, 0.467, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.467, 0.467, 0.467)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB46.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB46.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB46.7%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID777777
  • DECIMAL ID7829367
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01