What color is #7D7D77?

#7D7D77 is a gray known as Moon Base. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Moon Base?

The RGB value is 125, 125, 119: 125 red, 125 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Moon Base?

The complementary color is #77777D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #7D7D77?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 and white text 4.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Moon Base color: hex code #7D7D77

#7D7D77 rgb(125, 125, 119)

Shades of gray

Moon Base has the hex code #7D7D77. It is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 49% red, 49% green and 46.7% blue (125, 125, 119).

Its hue angle is 60°, with 2% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 51% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.07:1).

Moon Base (#7D7D77) color codes

HEX	`#7D7D77`
RGB	`rgb(125, 125, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(49%, 49%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(60, 2%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(60, 5%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 5%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.24, -1.17, 3.27)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.24, 3.47, 109.74)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.12, 20.359, 20.372)`
Decimal	`8224119`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Moon Base, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #7D7D77	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.07:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#7D7D77 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.07:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #7D7D77 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #7d7d77; }
.text { color: #7d7d77; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7d7d77; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(125 125 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #7d7d77, #7a7d77); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #7D7D77 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #7D7D77?: #7D7D77 is a gray known as Moon Base. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Moon Base?: The RGB value is 125, 125, 119: 125 red, 125 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Moon Base?: The complementary color is #77777D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #7D7D77?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 and white text 4.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.