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#718CA2

#718ca2 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#718ca2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.31% red, 54.9% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.25% cyan, 13.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 206.94°, with 20.85% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 3.13.

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Relative luminance0.2488

Complementary

  1. #718ca2
  2. #a28771

Split complementary

  1. #718ca2
  2. #a27173
  3. #a29f71

Analogous

  1. #71a29f
  2. #718ca2
  3. #7173a2

Triadic

  1. #718ca2
  2. #a2718c
  3. #8ca271

Tetradic

  1. #718ca2
  2. #8771a2
  3. #a28771
  4. #8ca271

Square

  1. #718ca2
  2. #9f71a2
  3. #a28771
  4. #73a271

Monochromatic

  1. #303e4a
  2. #4f6578
  3. #718ca2
  4. #9fb1c0
  5. #cdd7df

Shades

#718ca2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #718ca2
  2. #667e92
  3. #5a7082
  4. #4f6271
  5. #445461
  6. #394651
  7. #2d3841
  8. #222a31
  9. #171c20
  10. #0b0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#718ca2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #718ca2
  2. #7f98ab
  3. #8da3b5
  4. #9cafbe
  5. #aabac7
  6. #b8c6d1
  7. #c6d1da
  8. #d4dde3
  9. #e3e8ec
  10. #f1f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#718ca2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #718ca2
  2. #738b9f
  3. #748a9b
  4. #768898
  5. #778794
  6. #798691
  7. #7a858e
  8. #7c848a
  9. #7d8287
  10. #7f8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #808a93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #838ca3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d86a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #629193 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c8ca3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7889a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #688f99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-718ca2 {
  color: #718ca2;
}
Background
.bg-718ca2 {
  background-color: #718ca2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-718ca2 {
  border: 2px solid #718ca2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #718ca2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 113 140 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 21% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-718ca2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #718ca2, #7173a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-718ca2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(113 140 162 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 3.13 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 3.13 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.19 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.12 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.12 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.09 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.69 #8e735d Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#718ca2  rgb(113, 140, 162)  hsl(207, 21%, 54%)  Light Slate Gray
#a28771  rgb(162, 135, 113)  hsl(27, 21%, 54%)  Beaver
#a2718c  rgb(162, 113, 140)  hsl(327, 21%, 54%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8ca271  rgb(140, 162, 113)  hsl(87, 21%, 54%)  Asparagus