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#728899

#728899 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#728899 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 53.33% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.49% cyan, 11.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 206.15°, with 16.05% saturation and 52.35% 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 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 1.88.

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Relative luminance0.2349

Complementary

  1. #728899
  2. #998372

Split complementary

  1. #728899
  2. #997274
  3. #999672

Analogous

  1. #729996
  2. #728899
  3. #727499

Triadic

  1. #728899
  2. #997288
  3. #889972

Tetradic

  1. #728899
  2. #837299
  3. #998372
  4. #889972

Square

  1. #728899
  2. #967299
  3. #998372
  4. #749972

Monochromatic

  1. #303a42
  2. #50616f
  3. #728899
  4. #9eadb9
  5. #cbd3d9

Shades

#728899 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #728899
  2. #677a8a
  3. #5b6d7a
  4. #505f6b
  5. #44525c
  6. #39444d
  7. #2e363d
  8. #22292e
  9. #171b1f
  10. #0b0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#728899 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #728899
  2. #8094a3
  3. #8ea0ad
  4. #9cacb8
  5. #aab8c2
  6. #b9c4cc
  7. #c7cfd6
  8. #d5dbe0
  9. #e3e7eb
  10. #f1f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#728899 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #728899
  2. #738797
  3. #758694
  4. #768692
  5. #78858f
  6. #79848d
  7. #7a838a
  8. #7c8288
  9. #7d8285
  10. #7f8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e868d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81889a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c8399 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #678c8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b889a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #788599 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6c8b92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-728899 {
  color: #728899;
}
Background
.bg-728899 {
  background-color: #728899;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-728899 {
  border: 2px solid #728899;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #728899;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 136 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 16% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-728899 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #728899, #727499);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-728899 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 136 153 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 1.88 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 1.88 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 3.32 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 3.32 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.59 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.55 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.94 #8d7766 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#728899  rgb(114, 136, 153)  hsl(206, 16%, 52%)  Light Slate Gray
#998372  rgb(153, 131, 114)  hsl(26, 16%, 52%)  Beaver
#997288  rgb(153, 114, 136)  hsl(326, 16%, 52%)  Mountbatten Pink
#889972  rgb(136, 153, 114)  hsl(86, 16%, 52%)  Moss Green