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#708CA7

#708ca7 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#708ca7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 54.9% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.93% cyan, 16.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 209.45°, with 23.81% saturation and 54.71% 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 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.2499

Complementary

  1. #708ca7
  2. #a78b70

Split complementary

  1. #708ca7
  2. #a77071
  3. #a7a770

Analogous

  1. #70a7a7
  2. #708ca7
  3. #7071a7

Triadic

  1. #708ca7
  2. #a7708c
  3. #8ca770

Tetradic

  1. #708ca7
  2. #8b70a7
  3. #a78b70
  4. #8ca770

Square

  1. #708ca7
  2. #a770a7
  3. #a78b70
  4. #71a770

Monochromatic

  1. #303f4e
  2. #4d667d
  3. #708ca7
  4. #9fb2c4
  5. #cfd8e1

Shades

#708ca7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #708ca7
  2. #657e96
  3. #5a7086
  4. #4e6275
  5. #435464
  6. #384654
  7. #2d3843
  8. #222a32
  9. #161c21
  10. #0b0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#708ca7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #708ca7
  2. #7e98b0
  3. #8da3b9
  4. #9bafc1
  5. #a9baca
  6. #b8c6d3
  7. #c6d1dc
  8. #d4dde5
  9. #e2e8ed
  10. #f1f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#708ca7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #708ca7
  2. #728ba3
  3. #738a9f
  4. #75889b
  5. #768797
  6. #788694
  7. #7a8590
  8. #7b848c
  9. #7d8288
  10. #7e8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #808a96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828ca8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b86a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f9295 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b8ca8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7789a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #66909c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-708ca7 {
  color: #708ca7;
}
Background
.bg-708ca7 {
  background-color: #708ca7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-708ca7 {
  border: 2px solid #708ca7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #708ca7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 140 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 24% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-708ca7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #708ca7, #7071a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-708ca7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 140 167 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.02 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.02 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.23 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.84 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.84 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.40 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.78 #8f7358 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#708ca7  rgb(112, 140, 167)  hsl(209, 24%, 55%)  Light Slate Gray
#a78b70  rgb(167, 139, 112)  hsl(29, 24%, 55%)  Beaver
#a7708c  rgb(167, 112, 140)  hsl(329, 24%, 55%)  Turkish Rose
#8ca770  rgb(140, 167, 112)  hsl(89, 24%, 55%)  Asparagus