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#708090

#708090 Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
  • slategray
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#708090 (Slate Gray) is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 50.2% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.22% cyan, 11.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 12.6% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.18:1 (WCAG AA).

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Relative luminance0.209

Complementary

  1. #708090
  2. #908070

Split complementary

  1. #708090
  2. #907070
  3. #909070

Analogous

  1. #709090
  2. #708090
  3. #707090

Triadic

  1. #708090
  2. #907080
  3. #809070

Tetradic

  1. #708090
  2. #807090
  3. #908070
  4. #809070

Square

  1. #708090
  2. #907090
  3. #908070
  4. #709070

Monochromatic

  1. #2d343a
  2. #4e5a65
  3. #708090
  4. #9ba6b1
  5. #c6cdd3

Shades

#708090 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #708090
  2. #657382
  3. #5a6673
  4. #4e5a65
  5. #434d56
  6. #384048
  7. #2d333a
  8. #22262b
  9. #161a1d
  10. #0b0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#708090 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #708090
  2. #7e8d9b
  3. #8d99a6
  4. #9ba6b1
  5. #a9b3bc
  6. #b8c0c8
  7. #c6ccd3
  8. #d4d9de
  9. #e2e6e9
  10. #f1f2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#708090 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #708090
  2. #72808e
  3. #73808d
  4. #75808b
  5. #76808a
  6. #788088
  7. #7a8086
  8. #7b8085
  9. #7d8083
  10. #7e8082
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #797f86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a8091 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #767d90 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #678485 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #768090 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #747e90 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6b828a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-708090 {
  color: #708090;
}
Background
.bg-708090 {
  background-color: #708090;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-708090 {
  border: 2px solid #708090;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #708090;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 128 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 13% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-708090 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #708090, #707090);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-708090 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 128 144 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 2.97 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 2.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.65 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.88 #808080 Grey ΔE 8.88 #8f7f6f Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#708090  rgb(112, 128, 144)  hsl(210, 13%, 50%)  Slate Gray
#908070  rgb(144, 128, 112)  hsl(30, 13%, 50%)  Beaver
#907080  rgb(144, 112, 128)  hsl(330, 13%, 50%)  Mountbatten Pink
#809070  rgb(128, 144, 112)  hsl(90, 13%, 50%)  Xanadu