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#797E90

#797e90 ≈ Slate Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#797e90 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 49.41% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.97% cyan, 12.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black. Its hue angle is 226.96°, with 9.39% saturation and 51.96% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 5.56.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.21

Complementary

  1. #797e90
  2. #908b79

Split complementary

  1. #797e90
  2. #907f79
  3. #899079

Analogous

  1. #798990
  2. #797e90
  3. #7f7990

Triadic

  1. #797e90
  2. #90797e
  3. #7e9079

Tetradic

  1. #797e90
  2. #8b7990
  3. #908b79
  4. #7e9079

Square

  1. #797e90
  2. #907989
  3. #908b79
  4. #79907f

Monochromatic

  1. #33353d
  2. #555967
  3. #797e90
  4. #a3a6b3
  5. #cdcfd5

Shades

#797e90 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #797e90
  2. #6d7182
  3. #616573
  4. #555865
  5. #494c56
  6. #3d3f48
  7. #30323a
  8. #24262b
  9. #18191d
  10. #0c0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#797e90 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #797e90
  2. #868b9b
  3. #9498a6
  4. #a1a5b1
  5. #afb2bc
  6. #bcbfc8
  7. #c9cbd3
  8. #d7d8de
  9. #e4e5e9
  10. #f2f2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#797e90 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #797e90
  2. #7a7e8e
  3. #7a7e8d
  4. #7b7f8b
  5. #7c7f8a
  6. #7d7f88
  7. #7d7f86
  8. #7e7f85
  9. #7f8083
  10. #7f8082
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7e86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #797f91 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #787e90 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #748184 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #797f91 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #787e90 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #768089 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-797e90 {
  color: #797e90;
}
Background
.bg-797e90 {
  background-color: #797e90;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-797e90 {
  border: 2px solid #797e90;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #797e90;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 126 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 9% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-797e90 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #797e90, #7f7990);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-797e90 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 126 144 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.56 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.56 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.38 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.38 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.82 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.23 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.70 #86816f Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#797e90  rgb(121, 126, 144)  hsl(227, 9%, 52%)  Slate Gray
#908b79  rgb(144, 139, 121)  hsl(47, 9%, 52%)  Battleship Gray
#90797e  rgb(144, 121, 126)  hsl(347, 9%, 52%)  Mountbatten Pink
#7e9079  rgb(126, 144, 121)  hsl(107, 9%, 52%)  Xanadu