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#778899

#778899 Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
  • lightslategray
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#778899 (Light Slate Gray) is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 53.33% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.22% cyan, 11.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 14.29% saturation and 53.33% 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 5.77:1 (WCAG AA).

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2383

Complementary

  1. #778899
  2. #998877

Split complementary

  1. #778899
  2. #997777
  3. #999977

Analogous

  1. #779999
  2. #778899
  3. #777799

Triadic

  1. #778899
  2. #997788
  3. #889977

Tetradic

  1. #778899
  2. #887799
  3. #998877
  4. #889977

Square

  1. #778899
  2. #997799
  3. #998877
  4. #779977

Monochromatic

  1. #333b44
  2. #546270
  3. #778899
  4. #a3aeba
  5. #ced4db

Shades

#778899 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #778899
  2. #6b7a8a
  3. #5f6d7a
  4. #535f6b
  5. #47525c
  6. #3c444d
  7. #30363d
  8. #24292e
  9. #181b1f
  10. #0c0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#778899 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #778899
  2. #8594a3
  3. #92a0ad
  4. #a0acb8
  5. #adb8c2
  6. #bbc4cc
  7. #c9cfd6
  8. #d6dbe0
  9. #e4e7eb
  10. #f1f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#778899 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #778899
  2. #788797
  3. #798694
  4. #7a8692
  5. #7b858f
  6. #7c848d
  7. #7c838a
  8. #7d8288
  9. #7e8285
  10. #7f8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80878e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82889a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e8499 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e8c8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e889a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b8699 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #728a92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-778899 {
  color: #778899;
}
Background
.bg-778899 {
  background-color: #778899;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-778899 {
  border: 2px solid #778899;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #778899;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 136 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 14% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-778899 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #778899, #777799);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-778899 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 136 153 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 2.97 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 2.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.92 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.52 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.47 #887766 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#778899  rgb(119, 136, 153)  hsl(210, 14%, 53%)  Light Slate Gray
#998877  rgb(153, 136, 119)  hsl(30, 14%, 53%)  Beaver
#997788  rgb(153, 119, 136)  hsl(330, 14%, 53%)  Mountbatten Pink
#889977  rgb(136, 153, 119)  hsl(90, 14%, 53%)  Moss Green