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#768CA8

#768ca8 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#768ca8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 54.9% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.76% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 213.6°, with 22.32% saturation and 56.08% 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 6.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 4.23.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2543

Complementary

  1. #768ca8
  2. #a89276

Split complementary

  1. #768ca8
  2. #a87976
  3. #a5a876

Analogous

  1. #76a5a8
  2. #768ca8
  3. #7976a8

Triadic

  1. #768ca8
  2. #a8768c
  3. #8ca876

Tetradic

  1. #768ca8
  2. #9276a8
  3. #a89276
  4. #8ca876

Square

  1. #768ca8
  2. #a876a5
  3. #a89276
  4. #76a879

Monochromatic

  1. #344151
  2. #516680
  3. #768ca8
  4. #a5b3c6
  5. #d4dbe3

Shades

#768ca8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #768ca8
  2. #6a7e97
  3. #5e7086
  4. #536276
  5. #475465
  6. #3b4654
  7. #2f3843
  8. #232a32
  9. #181c22
  10. #0c0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#768ca8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #768ca8
  2. #8498b1
  3. #91a3b9
  4. #9fafc2
  5. #adbacb
  6. #bbc6d4
  7. #c8d1dc
  8. #d6dde5
  9. #e4e8ee
  10. #f1f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#768ca8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #768ca8
  2. #778ba4
  3. #788aa0
  4. #79889c
  5. #7a8798
  6. #7b8694
  7. #7c8590
  8. #7d848c
  9. #7e8288
  10. #7f8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #828b97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828da9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c88a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #689295 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d8da9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a8aa8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6e909d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-768ca8 {
  color: #768ca8;
}
Background
.bg-768ca8 {
  background-color: #768ca8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-768ca8 {
  border: 2px solid #768ca8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #768ca8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 140 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 22% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-768ca8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #768ca8, #7976a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-768ca8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 140 168 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.23 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.23 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 6.14 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 6.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.43 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.46 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.97 #897357 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#768ca8  rgb(118, 140, 168)  hsl(214, 22%, 56%)  Light Slate Gray
#a89276  rgb(168, 146, 118)  hsl(34, 22%, 56%)  Camel
#a8768c  rgb(168, 118, 140)  hsl(334, 22%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8ca876  rgb(140, 168, 118)  hsl(94, 22%, 56%)  Asparagus