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#6F8D99

#6f8d99 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6f8d99 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 55.29% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.45% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 17.07% saturation and 51.76% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2473

Complementary

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #997b6f

Split complementary

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #996f78
  3. #99906f

Analogous

  1. #6f9990
  2. #6f8d99
  3. #6f7899

Triadic

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #996f8d
  3. #8d996f

Tetradic

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #7b6f99
  3. #997b6f
  4. #8d996f

Square

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #906f99
  3. #997b6f
  4. #78996f

Monochromatic

  1. #2e3c41
  2. #4e656e
  3. #6f8d99
  4. #9cb0b9
  5. #c9d4d8

Shades

#6f8d99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #647f8a
  3. #59717a
  4. #4e636b
  5. #43555c
  6. #38474d
  7. #2c383d
  8. #212a2e
  9. #161c1f
  10. #0b0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#6f8d99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #7d98a3
  3. #8ca4ad
  4. #9aafb8
  5. #a9bbc2
  6. #b7c6cc
  7. #c5d1d6
  8. #d4dde0
  9. #e2e8eb
  10. #f1f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6f8d99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6f8d99
  2. #718c97
  3. #728a94
  4. #748992
  5. #76888f
  6. #78878d
  7. #79858a
  8. #7b8488
  9. #7d8385
  10. #7e8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f8a8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #868b9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #808699 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #629191 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e8c99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #798999 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #678f94 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6f8d99 {
  color: #6f8d99;
}
Background
.bg-6f8d99 {
  background-color: #6f8d99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6f8d99 {
  border: 2px solid #6f8d99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6f8d99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 141 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 17% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6f8d99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f8d99, #6f7899);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6f8d99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 141 153 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.01 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.01 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.64 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.09 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.89 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.63 #907266 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#6f8d99  rgb(111, 141, 153)  hsl(197, 17%, 52%)  Light Slate Gray
#997b6f  rgb(153, 123, 111)  hsl(17, 17%, 52%)  Beaver
#996f8d  rgb(153, 111, 141)  hsl(317, 17%, 52%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8d996f  rgb(141, 153, 111)  hsl(77, 17%, 52%)  Moss Green