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#5F6D7A

#5f6d7a ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#5f6d7a is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 42.75% green and 47.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.13% cyan, 10.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.16% black. Its hue angle is 208.89°, with 12.44% saturation and 42.55% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 7.57.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1478

Complementary

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #7a6c5f

Split complementary

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #7a5f60
  3. #7a7a5f

Analogous

  1. #5f7a7a
  2. #5f6d7a
  3. #5f607a

Triadic

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #7a5f6d
  3. #6d7a5f

Tetradic

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #6c5f7a
  3. #7a6c5f
  4. #6d7a5f

Square

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #7a5f7a
  3. #7a6c5f
  4. #607a5f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c2024
  2. #3e474f
  3. #5f6d7a
  4. #8593a0
  5. #b0b9c2

Shades

#5f6d7a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #56626e
  3. #4c5762
  4. #434c55
  5. #394149
  6. #30373d
  7. #262c31
  8. #1d2125
  9. #131618
  10. #0a0b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#5f6d7a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #6f7c87
  3. #7f8a95
  4. #8f99a2
  5. #9fa7af
  6. #afb6bd
  7. #bfc5ca
  8. #cfd3d7
  9. #dfe2e4
  10. #eff0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5f6d7a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5f6d7a
  2. #626f7b
  3. #66717b
  4. #69737c
  5. #6c757c
  6. #70777d
  7. #73787e
  8. #767a7e
  9. #797c7f
  10. #7d7e7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6b6b6b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #676c71 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #686d7b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #656a7a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #587071 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #656d7a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #626b7a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5b6f75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5f6d7a {
  color: #5f6d7a;
}
Background
.bg-5f6d7a {
  background-color: #5f6d7a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5f6d7a {
  border: 2px solid #5f6d7a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5f6d7a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 109 122;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 12% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5f6d7a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f6d7a, #5f607a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5f6d7a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 109 122 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.57 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.57 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 7.90 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 7.90 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.69 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.68 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.68 #a09285 Inverted #6b6b6b Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#5f6d7a  rgb(95, 109, 122)  hsl(209, 12%, 43%)  Slate Gray
#7a6c5f  rgb(122, 108, 95)  hsl(29, 12%, 43%)  Raw Umber
#7a5f6d  rgb(122, 95, 109)  hsl(329, 12%, 43%)  Old Lavender
#6d7a5f  rgb(109, 122, 95)  hsl(89, 12%, 43%)  Xanadu