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#728CAA

#728caa ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#728caa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 54.9% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.94% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 212.14°, with 24.78% saturation and 55.69% 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 6.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.2524

Complementary

  1. #728caa
  2. #aa9072

Split complementary

  1. #728caa
  2. #aa7472
  3. #a8aa72

Analogous

  1. #72a8aa
  2. #728caa
  3. #7472aa

Triadic

  1. #728caa
  2. #aa728c
  3. #8caa72

Tetradic

  1. #728caa
  2. #9072aa
  3. #aa9072
  4. #8caa72

Square

  1. #728caa
  2. #aa72a8
  3. #aa9072
  4. #72aa74

Monochromatic

  1. #314052
  2. #4e6681
  3. #728caa
  4. #a2b3c7
  5. #d1dae4

Shades

#728caa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #728caa
  2. #677e99
  3. #5b7088
  4. #506277
  5. #445466
  6. #394655
  7. #2e3844
  8. #222a33
  9. #171c22
  10. #0b0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#728caa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #728caa
  2. #8098b3
  3. #8ea3bb
  4. #9cafc4
  5. #aabacc
  6. #b9c6d5
  7. #c7d1dd
  8. #d5dde6
  9. #e3e8ee
  10. #f1f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#728caa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #728caa
  2. #738ba6
  3. #758aa2
  4. #76889d
  5. #788799
  6. #798695
  7. #7a8591
  8. #7c848d
  9. #7d8288
  10. #7f8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #818b98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #818dab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a87a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #619396 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b8cab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7789aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #68909e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-728caa {
  color: #728caa;
}
Background
.bg-728caa {
  background-color: #728caa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-728caa {
  border: 2px solid #728caa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #728caa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 140 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 25% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-728caa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #728caa, #7472aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-728caa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 140 170 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.71 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.71 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.43 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.68 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 6.46 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 6.46 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.08 #8d7355 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#728caa  rgb(114, 140, 170)  hsl(212, 25%, 56%)  Light Slate Gray
#aa9072  rgb(170, 144, 114)  hsl(32, 25%, 56%)  Camel
#aa728c  rgb(170, 114, 140)  hsl(332, 25%, 56%)  Turkish Rose
#8caa72  rgb(140, 170, 114)  hsl(92, 25%, 56%)  Asparagus