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#7486AA

#7486aa ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7486aa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 52.55% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 24.11% saturation and 56.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.31.

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Relative luminance0.2367

Complementary

  1. #7486aa
  2. #aa9874

Split complementary

  1. #7486aa
  2. #aa7d74
  3. #a1aa74

Analogous

  1. #74a1aa
  2. #7486aa
  3. #7d74aa

Triadic

  1. #7486aa
  2. #aa7486
  3. #86aa74

Tetradic

  1. #7486aa
  2. #9874aa
  3. #aa9874
  4. #86aa74

Square

  1. #7486aa
  2. #aa74a1
  3. #aa9874
  4. #74aa7d

Monochromatic

  1. #323d53
  2. #4f6082
  3. #7486aa
  4. #a3afc7
  5. #d3d9e4

Shades

#7486aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7486aa
  2. #687999
  3. #5d6b88
  4. #515e77
  5. #465066
  6. #3a4355
  7. #2e3644
  8. #232833
  9. #171b22
  10. #0c0d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#7486aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7486aa
  2. #8292b3
  3. #909ebb
  4. #9eaac4
  5. #acb6cc
  6. #bac3d5
  7. #c7cfdd
  8. #d5dbe6
  9. #e3e7ee
  10. #f1f3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7486aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7486aa
  2. #7585a6
  3. #7685a2
  4. #78849d
  5. #798499
  6. #7a8395
  7. #7b8291
  8. #7c828d
  9. #7e8188
  10. #7f8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f8696 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a88ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7583a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #658d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7887ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7584aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6b8a9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7486aa {
  color: #7486aa;
}
Background
.bg-7486aa {
  background-color: #7486aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7486aa {
  border: 2px solid #7486aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7486aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 134 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 24% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7486aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7486aa, #7d74aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7486aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 134 170 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.31 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.77 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.09 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.09 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.84 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.00 #8b7955 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#7486aa  rgb(116, 134, 170)  hsl(220, 24%, 56%)  Glaucous
#aa9874  rgb(170, 152, 116)  hsl(40, 24%, 56%)  Camel
#aa7486  rgb(170, 116, 134)  hsl(340, 24%, 56%)  Turkish Rose
#86aa74  rgb(134, 170, 116)  hsl(100, 24%, 56%)  Asparagus