#756D6D

A medium, muted neutral closely aligning with Dimgray.

About #756D6D

When working with digital screens, the color #756D6D is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Dimgray. Its digital footprint relies on 117 parts red, 109 parts green, and 109 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 7% yellow, and 54% black. This makes it a relatively dark color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#756D6D
RGB117, 109, 109
HSL0.0°, 3.5%, 44.3%
CMYK0%, 7%, 7%, 54%
HSV0.0°, 6.8%, 45.9%
LAB46.7, 3.1, 1.1
XYZ15.6, 15.8, 16.7
Decimal7695725

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.04:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.16:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
4.82:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.54:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #756D6D; }
.text-color { color: #756D6D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #756D6D; }

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