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#798FA2

#798fa2 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#798fa2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 56.08% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.31% cyan, 11.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 207.8°, with 18.06% saturation and 55.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 2.71.

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Relative luminance0.2632

Complementary

  1. #798fa2
  2. #a28c79

Split complementary

  1. #798fa2
  2. #a2797b
  3. #a2a079

Analogous

  1. #79a2a0
  2. #798fa2
  3. #797ba2

Triadic

  1. #798fa2
  2. #a2798f
  3. #8fa279

Tetradic

  1. #798fa2
  2. #8c79a2
  3. #a28c79
  4. #8fa279

Square

  1. #798fa2
  2. #a079a2
  3. #a28c79
  4. #7ba279

Monochromatic

  1. #35424d
  2. #55697a
  3. #798fa2
  4. #a6b5c1
  5. #d3dae1

Shades

#798fa2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #798fa2
  2. #6d8192
  3. #617282
  4. #556471
  5. #495661
  6. #3d4851
  7. #303941
  8. #242b31
  9. #181d20
  10. #0c0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#798fa2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #798fa2
  2. #869aab
  3. #94a5b5
  4. #a1b1be
  5. #afbcc7
  6. #bcc7d1
  7. #c9d2da
  8. #d7dde3
  9. #e4e9ec
  10. #f2f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#798fa2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #798fa2
  2. #7a8e9f
  3. #7a8c9b
  4. #7b8b98
  5. #7c8994
  6. #7d8891
  7. #7d868e
  8. #7e858a
  9. #7f8387
  10. #7f8283
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #858d95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #878fa3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #828aa2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d9495 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #828fa3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f8ca2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #72929a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-798fa2 {
  color: #798fa2;
}
Background
.bg-798fa2 {
  background-color: #798fa2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-798fa2 {
  border: 2px solid #798fa2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #798fa2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 143 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 18% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-798fa2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #798fa2, #797ba2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-798fa2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 143 162 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 2.71 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 2.71 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.49 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.49 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.03 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.53 #86705d Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#798fa2  rgb(121, 143, 162)  hsl(208, 18%, 55%)  Light Slate Gray
#a28c79  rgb(162, 140, 121)  hsl(28, 18%, 55%)  Beaver
#a2798f  rgb(162, 121, 143)  hsl(328, 18%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8fa279  rgb(143, 162, 121)  hsl(88, 18%, 55%)  Asparagus