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#797BB8

#797bb8 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#797bb8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 48.24% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.24% cyan, 33.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 238.1°, with 30.73% saturation and 59.8% 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 5.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 8.17.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2169

Complementary

  1. #797bb8
  2. #b8b679

Split complementary

  1. #797bb8
  2. #b89679
  3. #9ab879

Analogous

  1. #799ab8
  2. #797bb8
  3. #9679b8

Triadic

  1. #797bb8
  2. #b8797b
  3. #7bb879

Tetradic

  1. #797bb8
  2. #b679b8
  3. #b8b679
  4. #7bb879

Square

  1. #797bb8
  2. #b8799a
  3. #b8b679
  4. #79b896

Monochromatic

  1. #353663
  2. #4f5195
  3. #797bb8
  4. #abacd2
  5. #dddeed

Shades

#797bb8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #797bb8
  2. #6d6fa6
  3. #616293
  4. #555681
  5. #494a6e
  6. #3d3e5c
  7. #30314a
  8. #242537
  9. #181925
  10. #0c0c12
  11. #000000

Tints

#797bb8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #797bb8
  2. #8688bf
  3. #9495c6
  4. #a1a3cd
  5. #afb0d4
  6. #bcbddc
  7. #c9cae3
  8. #d7d7ea
  9. #e4e5f1
  10. #f2f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#797bb8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #797bb8
  2. #7a7cb2
  3. #7a7cad
  4. #7b7da7
  5. #7c7da2
  6. #7d7e9c
  7. #7d7e96
  8. #7e7f91
  9. #7f7f8b
  10. #7f8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d7e9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6883ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #657eb6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #688691 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f80ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e7db7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f82a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-797bb8 {
  color: #797bb8;
}
Background
.bg-797bb8 {
  background-color: #797bb8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-797bb8 {
  border: 2px solid #797bb8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #797bb8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 123 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 31% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-797bb8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #797bb8, #9679b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-797bb8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 123 184 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.17 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.43 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.26 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.94 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.42 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.42 #868447 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#797bb8  rgb(121, 123, 184)  hsl(238, 31%, 60%)  Glaucous
#b8b679  rgb(184, 182, 121)  hsl(58, 31%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#b8797b  rgb(184, 121, 123)  hsl(358, 31%, 60%)  Old Rose
#7bb879  rgb(123, 184, 121)  hsl(118, 31%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green