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#405B68

#405b68 ≈ Charcoal

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#405b68 is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 35.69% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.46% cyan, 12.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 59.22% black. Its hue angle is 199.5°, with 23.81% saturation and 32.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Charcoal (#36454f), ΔE 7.83.

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Web safe#336666
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Relative luminance0.0957

Complementary

  1. #405b68
  2. #684d40

Split complementary

  1. #405b68
  2. #684047
  3. #686140

Analogous

  1. #406861
  2. #405b68
  3. #404768

Triadic

  1. #405b68
  2. #68405b
  3. #5b6840

Tetradic

  1. #405b68
  2. #4d4068
  3. #684d40
  4. #5b6840

Square

  1. #405b68
  2. #614068
  3. #684d40
  4. #476840

Monochromatic

  1. #080b0d
  2. #233239
  3. #405b68
  4. #5d8497
  5. #8aa8b7

Shades

#405b68 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #405b68
  2. #3a525e
  3. #334953
  4. #2d4049
  5. #26373e
  6. #202e34
  7. #1a242a
  8. #131b1f
  9. #0d1215
  10. #06090a
  11. #000000

Tints

#405b68 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #405b68
  2. #536b77
  3. #667c86
  4. #798c95
  5. #8c9da4
  6. #a0adb4
  7. #b3bdc3
  8. #c6ced2
  9. #d9dee1
  10. #eceff0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#405b68 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #405b68
  2. #465f6a
  3. #4d626d
  4. #53666f
  5. #5a6a72
  6. #606e74
  7. #667176
  8. #6d7579
  9. #73797b
  10. #7a7c7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #575757 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4f595e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #545a69 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f5568 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #325f5f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d5a68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #495868 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #385d63 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-405b68 {
  color: #405b68;
}
Background
.bg-405b68 {
  background-color: #405b68;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-405b68 {
  border: 2px solid #405b68;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #405b68;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 91 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 24% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-405b68 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #405b68, #404768);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-405b68 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 91 104 / 0.35);
}

#36454f Charcoal ΔE 7.83 #414a4c Outer Space ΔE 8.51 #2f4f4f Dark Slate Gray ΔE 9.18 #2f4f4f Dark Slate Grey ΔE 9.18 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.46 #006994 Sea Blue ΔE 10.65 #004953 Midnight Green ΔE 10.71 #bfa497 Inverted #575757 Grayscale 

Charcoal
#405b68  rgb(64, 91, 104)  hsl(200, 24%, 33%)  Charcoal
#684d40  rgb(104, 77, 64)  hsl(20, 24%, 33%)  Umber
#68405b  rgb(104, 64, 91)  hsl(320, 24%, 33%)  Eggplant
#5b6840  rgb(91, 104, 64)  hsl(80, 24%, 33%)  Dark Olive Green