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#768A9F

#768a9f ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#768a9f is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 54.12% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.79% cyan, 13.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.65% black. Its hue angle is 210.73°, with 17.6% saturation and 54.31% 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 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 1.67.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2453

Complementary

  1. #768a9f
  2. #9f8b76

Split complementary

  1. #768a9f
  2. #9f7676
  3. #9e9f76

Analogous

  1. #769e9f
  2. #768a9f
  3. #76769f

Triadic

  1. #768a9f
  2. #9f768a
  3. #8a9f76

Tetradic

  1. #768a9f
  2. #8b769f
  3. #9f8b76
  4. #8a9f76

Square

  1. #768a9f
  2. #9f769e
  3. #9f8b76
  4. #769f76

Monochromatic

  1. #333e49
  2. #536476
  3. #768a9f
  4. #a3b0bf
  5. #d0d7de

Shades

#768a9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #768a9f
  2. #6a7c8f
  3. #5e6e7f
  4. #53616f
  5. #47535f
  6. #3b4550
  7. #2f3740
  8. #232930
  9. #181c20
  10. #0c0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#768a9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #768a9f
  2. #8496a9
  3. #91a1b2
  4. #9fadbc
  5. #adb9c5
  6. #bbc5cf
  7. #c8d0d9
  8. #d6dce2
  9. #e4e8ec
  10. #f1f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#768a9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #768a9f
  2. #77899c
  3. #788899
  4. #798796
  5. #7a8693
  6. #7b8590
  7. #7c848c
  8. #7d8389
  9. #7e8286
  10. #7f8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #818992 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828aa0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d869f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b8f91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e8aa0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a889f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f8d97 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-768a9f {
  color: #768a9f;
}
Background
.bg-768a9f {
  background-color: #768a9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-768a9f {
  border: 2px solid #768a9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #768a9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 138 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 18% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-768a9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #768a9f, #76769f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-768a9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 138 159 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 1.67 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 1.67 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 4.06 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 4.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.06 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.01 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.16 #897560 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#768a9f  rgb(118, 138, 159)  hsl(211, 18%, 54%)  Light Slate Gray
#9f8b76  rgb(159, 139, 118)  hsl(31, 18%, 54%)  Beaver
#9f768a  rgb(159, 118, 138)  hsl(331, 18%, 54%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8a9f76  rgb(138, 159, 118)  hsl(91, 18%, 54%)  Asparagus