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#70688A

#70688a ≈ Old Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#70688a is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 40.78% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.84% cyan, 24.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 254.12°, with 14.05% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 7.48.

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Relative luminance0.1518

Complementary

  1. #70688a
  2. #828a68

Split complementary

  1. #70688a
  2. #8a8168
  3. #718a68

Analogous

  1. #68718a
  2. #70688a
  3. #81688a

Triadic

  1. #70688a
  2. #8a7068
  3. #688a70

Tetradic

  1. #70688a
  2. #8a6882
  3. #828a68
  4. #688a70

Square

  1. #70688a
  2. #8a6871
  3. #828a68
  4. #688a81

Monochromatic

  1. #292633
  2. #4d475e
  3. #70688a
  4. #9892ad
  5. #c1bdce

Shades

#70688a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #70688a
  2. #655e7c
  3. #5a536e
  4. #4e4961
  5. #433e53
  6. #383445
  7. #2d2a37
  8. #221f29
  9. #16151c
  10. #0b0a0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#70688a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #70688a
  2. #7e7796
  3. #8d86a1
  4. #9b95ad
  5. #a9a4b9
  6. #b8b4c5
  7. #c6c3d0
  8. #d4d2dc
  9. #e2e1e8
  10. #f1f0f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#70688a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #70688a
  2. #726a89
  3. #736d88
  4. #756f87
  5. #767286
  6. #787485
  7. #7a7684
  8. #7b7983
  9. #7d7b82
  10. #7e7e81
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6d6d6d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e6b79 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #616d8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #616c89 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b6d74 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #676b8b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #686b89 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6d6b7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-70688a {
  color: #70688a;
}
Background
.bg-70688a {
  background-color: #70688a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-70688a {
  border: 2px solid #70688a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #70688a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 104 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 14% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-70688a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #70688a, #81688a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-70688a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 104 138 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 7.48 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.22 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 12.75 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 13.05 #915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 15.24 #8e4585 Deep Plum ΔE 15.41 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 15.46 #8f9775 Inverted #6d6d6d Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#70688a  rgb(112, 104, 138)  hsl(254, 14%, 47%)  Old Lavender
#828a68  rgb(130, 138, 104)  hsl(74, 14%, 47%)  Xanadu
#8a7068  rgb(138, 112, 104)  hsl(14, 14%, 47%)  Beaver
#688a70  rgb(104, 138, 112)  hsl(134, 14%, 47%)  Xanadu