What color is #707A80?

#707A80 is a gray, closest to the named color Phantom. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #707A80?

The RGB value is 112, 122, 128: 112 red, 122 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #707A80?

The complementary color is #807670, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #707A80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 and white text 4.39:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#707A80 color

#707A80 rgb(112, 122, 128)

Shades of gray

The hex color #707A80 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.9% red, 47.8% green and 50.2% blue (112, 122, 128).

Its hue angle is 202°, with 7% saturation and 47% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 50% black.

The closest named color is Phantom (#6E797B), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.78:1).

#707A80 color codes

HEX	`#707A80`
RGB	`rgb(112, 122, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.9%, 47.8%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(202, 7%, 47%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(202, 13%, 50%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 5%, 0%, 50%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.6, -2.4, -4.54)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.6, 5.14, 242.13)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(17.537, 18.922, 23.146)`
Decimal	`7371392`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #707A80, 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 #707A80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.78:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.39:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#707A80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.39:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.78:1	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 #707A80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #707a80; }
.text { color: #707a80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #707a80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(112 122 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #707a80, #707280); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #707A80?: #707A80 is a gray, closest to the named color Phantom. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #707A80?: The RGB value is 112, 122, 128: 112 red, 122 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #707A80?: The complementary color is #807670, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #707A80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 and white text 4.39:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.