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#768E99

#768e99 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#768e99 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 55.69% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.88% cyan, 7.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 198.86°, with 14.64% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 4.92.

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Relative luminance0.255

Complementary

  1. #768e99
  2. #998176

Split complementary

  1. #768e99
  2. #99767d
  3. #999376

Analogous

  1. #769993
  2. #768e99
  3. #767d99

Triadic

  1. #768e99
  2. #99768e
  3. #8e9976

Tetradic

  1. #768e99
  2. #817699
  3. #998176
  4. #8e9976

Square

  1. #768e99
  2. #937699
  3. #998176
  4. #7d9976

Monochromatic

  1. #323e44
  2. #53676f
  3. #768e99
  4. #a2b2ba
  5. #ced6da

Shades

#768e99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #768e99
  2. #6a808a
  3. #5e727a
  4. #53636b
  5. #47555c
  6. #3b474d
  7. #2f393d
  8. #232b2e
  9. #181c1f
  10. #0c0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#768e99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #768e99
  2. #8499a3
  3. #91a5ad
  4. #9fb0b8
  5. #adbbc2
  6. #bbc7cc
  7. #c8d2d6
  8. #d6dde0
  9. #e4e8eb
  10. #f1f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#768e99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #768e99
  2. #778d97
  3. #788b94
  4. #798a92
  5. #7a888f
  6. #7b878d
  7. #7c868a
  8. #7d8488
  9. #7e8385
  10. #7f8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #838c90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #888d9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #838899 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c9191 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #818d99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e8b99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #709094 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-768e99 {
  color: #768e99;
}
Background
.bg-768e99 {
  background-color: #768e99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-768e99 {
  border: 2px solid #768e99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #768e99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 142 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 15% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-768e99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #768e99, #767d99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-768e99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 142 153 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.92 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.92 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 6.44 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 6.44 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.17 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.41 #897166 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#768e99  rgb(118, 142, 153)  hsl(199, 15%, 53%)  Light Slate Gray
#998176  rgb(153, 129, 118)  hsl(19, 15%, 53%)  Beaver
#99768e  rgb(153, 118, 142)  hsl(319, 15%, 53%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8e9976  rgb(142, 153, 118)  hsl(79, 15%, 53%)  Moss Green