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#5F6E7B

#5f6e7b ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#5f6e7b is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 43.14% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.76% cyan, 10.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.76% black. Its hue angle is 207.86°, with 12.84% saturation and 42.75% 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 7.26.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1501

Complementary

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #7b6c5f

Split complementary

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #7b5f60
  3. #7b7a5f

Analogous

  1. #5f7b7a
  2. #5f6e7b
  3. #5f607b

Triadic

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #7b5f6e
  3. #6e7b5f

Tetradic

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #6c5f7b
  3. #7b6c5f
  4. #6e7b5f

Square

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #7a5f7b
  3. #7b6c5f
  4. #607b5f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c2125
  2. #3e4750
  3. #5f6e7b
  4. #8594a1
  5. #b1bac2

Shades

#5f6e7b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #56636f
  3. #4c5862
  4. #434d56
  5. #39424a
  6. #30373e
  7. #262c31
  8. #1d2125
  9. #131619
  10. #0a0b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#5f6e7b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #6f7d88
  3. #7f8b95
  4. #8f9aa3
  5. #9fa8b0
  6. #afb7bd
  7. #bfc5ca
  8. #cfd4d7
  9. #dfe2e5
  10. #eff1f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5f6e7b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5f6e7b
  2. #62707c
  3. #66727c
  4. #69737d
  5. #6c757d
  6. #70777e
  7. #73797e
  8. #767b7f
  9. #797c7f
  10. #7d7e80
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6c6c6c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #676d72 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #696e7c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #656b7b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #577172 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #656e7b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #636c7b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5b7076 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5f6e7b {
  color: #5f6e7b;
}
Background
.bg-5f6e7b {
  background-color: #5f6e7b;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5f6e7b {
  border: 2px solid #5f6e7b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5f6e7b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 110 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 13% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5f6e7b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f6e7b, #5f607b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5f6e7b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 110 123 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.26 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.26 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 8.13 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 8.13 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.67 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.35 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.35 #a09184 Inverted #6c6c6c Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#5f6e7b  rgb(95, 110, 123)  hsl(208, 13%, 43%)  Slate Gray
#7b6c5f  rgb(123, 108, 95)  hsl(28, 13%, 43%)  Raw Umber
#7b5f6e  rgb(123, 95, 110)  hsl(328, 13%, 43%)  Old Lavender
#6e7b5f  rgb(110, 123, 95)  hsl(88, 13%, 43%)  Xanadu