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#728596

#728596 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#728596 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 52.16% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24% cyan, 11.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.18% black. Its hue angle is 208.33°, with 14.63% saturation and 51.76% 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 5.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 1.45.

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Relative luminance0.2255

Complementary

  1. #728596
  2. #968372

Split complementary

  1. #728596
  2. #967273
  3. #969572

Analogous

  1. #729695
  2. #728596
  3. #727396

Triadic

  1. #728596
  2. #967285
  3. #859672

Tetradic

  1. #728596
  2. #837296
  3. #968372
  4. #859672

Square

  1. #728596
  2. #957296
  3. #968372
  4. #739672

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3840
  2. #505f6b
  3. #728596
  4. #9eabb7
  5. #cad1d7

Shades

#728596 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #728596
  2. #677887
  3. #5b6a78
  4. #505d69
  5. #44505a
  6. #39434b
  7. #2e353c
  8. #22282d
  9. #171b1e
  10. #0b0d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#728596 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #728596
  2. #8091a1
  3. #8e9dab
  4. #9caab6
  5. #aab6c0
  6. #b9c2cb
  7. #c7ced5
  8. #d5dae0
  9. #e3e7ea
  10. #f1f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#728596 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #728596
  2. #738594
  3. #758492
  4. #76848f
  5. #78838d
  6. #79838b
  7. #7a8289
  8. #7c8287
  9. #7d8184
  10. #7f8182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c848b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e8597 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a8196 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68898a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a8597 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #778396 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c878f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-728596 {
  color: #728596;
}
Background
.bg-728596 {
  background-color: #728596;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-728596 {
  border: 2px solid #728596;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #728596;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 133 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 15% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-728596 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #728596, #727396);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-728596 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 133 150 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 1.45 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 1.45 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 1.98 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 1.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.35 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.30 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.61 #8d7a69 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#728596  rgb(114, 133, 150)  hsl(208, 15%, 52%)  Light Slate Gray
#968372  rgb(150, 131, 114)  hsl(28, 15%, 52%)  Beaver
#967285  rgb(150, 114, 133)  hsl(328, 15%, 52%)  Mountbatten Pink
#859672  rgb(133, 150, 114)  hsl(88, 15%, 52%)  Moss Green