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#78849B

#78849b ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#78849b is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 51.76% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.58% cyan, 14.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 219.43°, with 14.89% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.2286

Complementary

  1. #78849b
  2. #9b8f78

Split complementary

  1. #78849b
  2. #9b7d78
  3. #959b78

Analogous

  1. #78959b
  2. #78849b
  3. #7d789b

Triadic

  1. #78849b
  2. #9b7884
  3. #849b78

Tetradic

  1. #78849b
  2. #8f789b
  3. #9b8f78
  4. #849b78

Square

  1. #78849b
  2. #9b7895
  3. #9b8f78
  4. #789b7d

Monochromatic

  1. #343a46
  2. #545f72
  3. #78849b
  4. #a4acbc
  5. #d0d4dc

Shades

#78849b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #78849b
  2. #6c778c
  3. #606a7c
  4. #545c6d
  5. #484f5d
  6. #3c424e
  7. #30353e
  8. #24282f
  9. #181a1f
  10. #0c0d10
  11. #000000

Tints

#78849b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #78849b
  2. #8690a5
  3. #939daf
  4. #a1a9b9
  5. #aeb5c3
  6. #bcc2cd
  7. #c9ced7
  8. #d7dae1
  9. #e4e6eb
  10. #f2f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#78849b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #78849b
  2. #798498
  3. #7a8396
  4. #7a8393
  5. #7b8290
  6. #7c828e
  7. #7d828b
  8. #7e8188
  9. #7e8185
  10. #7f8083
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f848d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d859c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #79829a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f898b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b859c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #79839b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #738792 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-78849b {
  color: #78849b;
}
Background
.bg-78849b {
  background-color: #78849b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-78849b {
  border: 2px solid #78849b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #78849b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 132 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 15% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-78849b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #78849b, #7d789b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-78849b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 132 155 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.28 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.28 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 4.69 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 4.69 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.27 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.58 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.46 #877b64 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#78849b  rgb(120, 132, 155)  hsl(219, 15%, 54%)  Light Slate Gray
#9b8f78  rgb(155, 143, 120)  hsl(39, 15%, 54%)  Beaver
#9b7884  rgb(155, 120, 132)  hsl(339, 15%, 54%)  Mountbatten Pink
#849b78  rgb(132, 155, 120)  hsl(99, 15%, 54%)  Asparagus