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#797C9E

#797c9e ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#797c9e is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 48.63% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.42% cyan, 21.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 235.14°, with 16.02% saturation and 54.71% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 8.11.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2095

Complementary

  1. #797c9e
  2. #9e9b79

Split complementary

  1. #797c9e
  2. #9e8979
  3. #8f9e79

Analogous

  1. #798f9e
  2. #797c9e
  3. #89799e

Triadic

  1. #797c9e
  2. #9e797c
  3. #7c9e79

Tetradic

  1. #797c9e
  2. #9b799e
  3. #9e9b79
  4. #7c9e79

Square

  1. #797c9e
  2. #9e798f
  3. #9e9b79
  4. #799e89

Monochromatic

  1. #353749
  2. #555875
  3. #797c9e
  4. #a5a7be
  5. #d2d3de

Shades

#797c9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #797c9e
  2. #6d708e
  3. #61637e
  4. #55576f
  5. #494a5f
  6. #3d3e4f
  7. #30323f
  8. #24252f
  9. #181920
  10. #0c0c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#797c9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #797c9e
  2. #8689a8
  3. #9496b1
  4. #a1a3bb
  5. #afb0c5
  6. #bcbecf
  7. #c9cbd8
  8. #d7d8e2
  9. #e4e5ec
  10. #f2f2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#797c9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #797c9e
  2. #7a7c9b
  3. #7a7d98
  4. #7b7d95
  5. #7c7e92
  6. #7d7e8f
  7. #7d7e8c
  8. #7e7f89
  9. #7f7f86
  10. #7f8083
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7d8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7380a0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #717d9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #708287 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #757e9f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #747d9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #748091 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-797c9e {
  color: #797c9e;
}
Background
.bg-797c9e {
  background-color: #797c9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-797c9e {
  border: 2px solid #797c9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #797c9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 124 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 16% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-797c9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #797c9e, #89799e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-797c9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 124 158 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.11 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.16 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.33 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 10.33 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.37 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.69 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.69 #868361 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#797c9e  rgb(121, 124, 158)  hsl(235, 16%, 55%)  Cool Gray
#9e9b79  rgb(158, 155, 121)  hsl(55, 16%, 55%)  Sage
#9e797c  rgb(158, 121, 124)  hsl(355, 16%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink
#7c9e79  rgb(124, 158, 121)  hsl(115, 16%, 55%)  Asparagus