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#797ABA

#797aba ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#797aba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 47.84% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.95% cyan, 34.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 239.08°, with 32.02% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 8.28.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2153

Complementary

  1. #797aba
  2. #bab979

Split complementary

  1. #797aba
  2. #ba9979
  3. #9bba79

Analogous

  1. #799bba
  2. #797aba
  3. #9979ba

Triadic

  1. #797aba
  2. #ba797a
  3. #7aba79

Tetradic

  1. #797aba
  2. #b979ba
  3. #bab979
  4. #7aba79

Square

  1. #797aba
  2. #ba799b
  3. #bab979
  4. #79ba99

Monochromatic

  1. #343566
  2. #4e4f98
  3. #797aba
  4. #acacd4
  5. #dedeee

Shades

#797aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #797aba
  2. #6d6ea7
  3. #616295
  4. #555582
  5. #494970
  6. #3d3d5d
  7. #30314a
  8. #242538
  9. #181825
  10. #0c0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#797aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #797aba
  2. #8687c1
  3. #9495c8
  4. #a1a2cf
  5. #afafd6
  6. #bcbddd
  7. #c9cae3
  8. #d7d7ea
  9. #e4e4f1
  10. #f2f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#797aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #797aba
  2. #7a7bb4
  3. #7a7bae
  4. #7b7ca9
  5. #7c7ca3
  6. #7d7d9d
  7. #7d7e97
  8. #7e7e91
  9. #7f7f8c
  10. #7f7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d7e9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6682bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #637eb8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #688691 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e7fbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d7cb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f81a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-797aba {
  color: #797aba;
}
Background
.bg-797aba {
  background-color: #797aba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-797aba {
  border: 2px solid #797aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #797aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 122 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 32% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-797aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #797aba, #9979ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-797aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 122 186 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.28 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.38 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.80 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.00 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.35 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.35 #868545 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#797aba  rgb(121, 122, 186)  hsl(239, 32%, 60%)  Glaucous
#bab979  rgb(186, 185, 121)  hsl(59, 32%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#ba797a  rgb(186, 121, 122)  hsl(359, 32%, 60%)  Old Rose
#7aba79  rgb(122, 186, 121)  hsl(119, 32%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green