Information about #7F9996 color

#7F9996 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#7F9996 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(127, 153, 150) — 49.8% red, 60% green, 58.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 10 / 0 / 1 / 40. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained water-like cyan, #7F9996 feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Metamorphis (#809D96). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Crescent (#839596) and Ash Blue (#7A9598).

In RGB terms — rgb(127, 153, 150) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #7F9996: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #7F9996 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#7F9996 color variations

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

#7F9996 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #7F9996

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Metamorphis color link
Metamorphis

#809D96

Crescent color link
Crescent

#839596

Ash Blue color link
Ash Blue

#7A9598

Quicksilver color link
Quicksilver

#889A97

Forcefield color link
Forcefield

#899694

Granny Smith color link
Granny Smith

#7B948C

Clouded Blue color link
Clouded Blue

#899296

Allusive color link
Allusive

#8B9695

Destiny color link
Destiny

#889E9D

Exponent color link
Exponent

#888F98

Neutral Bay color link
Neutral Bay

#858D99

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#7F9996
  • RGB127, 153, 150
  • CMYK10, 0, 1, 40
  • CSSrgb(127, 153, 150)
  • HSL173°, 11%, 55%
  • HSL Precise173.077°, 11.304%, 54.902%
  • HSV173°, 17%, 60%
  • HSB173°, 17%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.498
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • GLSLvec3(0.498, 0.600, 0.588)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.498, 0.600, 0.588, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.498, 0.600, 0.588)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB49.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID7F9996
  • DECIMAL ID8362390
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01