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#70708E

#70708e ≈ Old Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#70708e is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 43.92% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.13% cyan, 21.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 11.81% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 8.77.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1699

Complementary

  1. #70708e
  2. #8e8e70

Split complementary

  1. #70708e
  2. #8e7f70
  3. #7f8e70

Analogous

  1. #707f8e
  2. #70708e
  3. #7f708e

Triadic

  1. #70708e
  2. #8e7070
  3. #708e70

Tetradic

  1. #70708e
  2. #8e708e
  3. #8e8e70
  4. #708e70

Square

  1. #70708e
  2. #8e707f
  3. #8e8e70
  4. #708e7f

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2d38
  2. #4e4e63
  3. #70708e
  4. #9b9bb0
  5. #c5c5d2

Shades

#70708e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #70708e
  2. #656580
  3. #5a5a72
  4. #4e4e63
  5. #434355
  6. #383847
  7. #2d2d39
  8. #22222b
  9. #16161c
  10. #0b0b0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#70708e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #70708e
  2. #7e7e99
  3. #8d8da5
  4. #9b9bb0
  5. #a9a9bb
  6. #b8b8c7
  7. #c6c6d2
  8. #d4d4dd
  9. #e2e2e8
  10. #f1f1f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#70708e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #70708e
  2. #72728d
  3. #73738b
  4. #75758a
  5. #767688
  6. #787887
  7. #7a7a86
  8. #7b7b84
  9. #7d7d83
  10. #7e7e81
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #72727e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #68738f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #68728d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69757a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c728f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b718e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c7383 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-70708e {
  color: #70708e;
}
Background
.bg-70708e {
  background-color: #70708e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-70708e {
  border: 2px solid #70708e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #70708e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 112 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 12% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-70708e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #70708e, #7f708e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-70708e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 112 142 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 8.77 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.65 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 11.65 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.28 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.55 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.14 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 13.14 #8f8f71 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#70708e  rgb(112, 112, 142)  hsl(240, 12%, 50%)  Old Lavender
#8e8e70  rgb(142, 142, 112)  hsl(60, 12%, 50%)  Moss Green
#8e7070  rgb(142, 112, 112)  hsl(0, 12%, 50%)  Copper Rose
#708e70  rgb(112, 142, 112)  hsl(120, 12%, 50%)  Xanadu