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#797DAF

#797daf ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#797daf is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 49.02% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.86% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 235.56°, with 25.23% saturation and 58.04% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 8.36.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2183

Complementary

  1. #797daf
  2. #afab79

Split complementary

  1. #797daf
  2. #af9079
  3. #98af79

Analogous

  1. #7998af
  2. #797daf
  3. #9079af

Triadic

  1. #797daf
  2. #af797d
  3. #7daf79

Tetradic

  1. #797daf
  2. #ab79af
  3. #afab79
  4. #7daf79

Square

  1. #797daf
  2. #af7998
  3. #afab79
  4. #79af90

Monochromatic

  1. #35385a
  2. #525689
  3. #797daf
  4. #a9abcc
  5. #d9dae8

Shades

#797daf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #797daf
  2. #6d719e
  3. #61648c
  4. #55587b
  5. #494b69
  6. #3d3f58
  7. #303246
  8. #242635
  9. #181923
  10. #0c0d12
  11. #000000

Tints

#797daf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #797daf
  2. #868ab7
  3. #9497bf
  4. #a1a4c7
  5. #afb1cf
  6. #bcbed7
  7. #c9cbdf
  8. #d7d8e7
  9. #e4e5ef
  10. #f2f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#797daf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #797daf
  2. #7a7daa
  3. #7a7ea6
  4. #7b7ea1
  5. #7c7e9c
  6. #7d7f98
  7. #7d7f93
  8. #7e7f8e
  9. #7f7f89
  10. #7f8085
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e7f95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e83b1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c7fae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b868f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7380b0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #717eae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71839d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-797daf {
  color: #797daf;
}
Background
.bg-797daf {
  background-color: #797daf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-797daf {
  border: 2px solid #797daf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #797daf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 125 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 25% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-797daf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #797daf, #9079af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-797daf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 125 175 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.36 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.72 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.44 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.91 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.55 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.55 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.62 #868250 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#797daf  rgb(121, 125, 175)  hsl(236, 25%, 58%)  Glaucous
#afab79  rgb(175, 171, 121)  hsl(56, 25%, 58%)  Sage
#af797d  rgb(175, 121, 125)  hsl(356, 25%, 58%)  Old Rose
#7daf79  rgb(125, 175, 121)  hsl(116, 25%, 58%)  Asparagus