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#707996

#707996 ≈ Slate Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#707996 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 47.45% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.33% cyan, 19.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.18% black. Its hue angle is 225.79°, with 15.32% saturation and 51.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 7.6.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1932

Complementary

  1. #707996
  2. #968d70

Split complementary

  1. #707996
  2. #967a70
  3. #8c9670

Analogous

  1. #708c96
  2. #707996
  3. #7a7096

Triadic

  1. #707996
  2. #967079
  3. #799670

Tetradic

  1. #707996
  2. #8d7096
  3. #968d70
  4. #799670

Square

  1. #707996
  2. #96708c
  3. #968d70
  4. #70967a

Monochromatic

  1. #2e323f
  2. #4f556b
  3. #707996
  4. #9ca2b6
  5. #c8ccd7

Shades

#707996 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #707996
  2. #656d87
  3. #5a6178
  4. #4e5569
  5. #43495a
  6. #383d4b
  7. #2d303c
  8. #22242d
  9. #16181e
  10. #0b0c0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#707996 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #707996
  2. #7e86a1
  3. #8d94ab
  4. #9ba1b6
  5. #a9afc0
  6. #b8bccb
  7. #c6c9d5
  8. #d4d7e0
  9. #e2e4ea
  10. #f1f2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#707996 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #707996
  2. #727a94
  3. #737a92
  4. #757b8f
  5. #767c8d
  6. #787d8b
  7. #7a7d89
  8. #7b7e87
  9. #7d7f84
  10. #7e7f82
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #767986 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #707b97 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e7895 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #667e83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #707a97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f7996 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6a7c8b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-707996 {
  color: #707996;
}
Background
.bg-707996 {
  background-color: #707996;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-707996 {
  border: 2px solid #707996;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #707996;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 121 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 15% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-707996 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #707996, #7a7096);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-707996 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 121 150 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.60 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.60 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.71 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.71 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.06 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.30 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 11.35 #8f8669 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#707996  rgb(112, 121, 150)  hsl(226, 15%, 51%)  Slate Gray
#968d70  rgb(150, 141, 112)  hsl(46, 15%, 51%)  Battleship Gray
#967079  rgb(150, 112, 121)  hsl(346, 15%, 51%)  Mountbatten Pink
#799670  rgb(121, 150, 112)  hsl(106, 15%, 51%)  Asparagus