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#7A758C

#7a758c ≈ Old Lavender

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7a758c is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.84% red, 45.88% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.86% cyan, 16.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black. Its hue angle is 253.04°, with 9.09% saturation and 50.39% 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 4.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 7.03.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1875

Complementary

  1. #7a758c
  2. #878c75

Split complementary

  1. #7a758c
  2. #8c8575
  3. #7b8c75

Analogous

  1. #757b8c
  2. #7a758c
  3. #85758c

Triadic

  1. #7a758c
  2. #8c7a75
  3. #758c7a

Tetradic

  1. #7a758c
  2. #8c7587
  3. #878c75
  4. #758c7a

Square

  1. #7a758c
  2. #8c757b
  3. #878c75
  4. #758c85

Monochromatic

  1. #312f39
  2. #565262
  3. #7a758c
  4. #a29faf
  5. #cac8d2

Shades

#7a758c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7a758c
  2. #6e697e
  3. #625e70
  4. #555262
  5. #494654
  6. #3d3b46
  7. #312f38
  8. #25232a
  9. #18171c
  10. #0c0c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#7a758c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7a758c
  2. #878398
  3. #9591a3
  4. #a29eaf
  5. #afacba
  6. #bdbac6
  7. #cac8d1
  8. #d7d6dd
  9. #e4e3e8
  10. #f2f1f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7a758c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7a758c
  2. #7b768b
  3. #7b778a
  4. #7c7888
  5. #7c7987
  6. #7d7b86
  7. #7e7c85
  8. #7e7d84
  9. #7f7e82
  10. #7f7f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #797780 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #70788d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #71788b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77787d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74778d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75778c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #787783 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7a758c {
  color: #7a758c;
}
Background
.bg-7a758c {
  background-color: #7a758c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7a758c {
  border: 2px solid #7a758c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7a758c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 122 117 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 9% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7a758c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7a758c, #85758c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7a758c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(122 117 140 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 7.03 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.18 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.30 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.99 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.69 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 11.69 #808080 Gray ΔE 11.95 #858a73 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#7a758c  rgb(122, 117, 140)  hsl(253, 9%, 50%)  Old Lavender
#878c75  rgb(135, 140, 117)  hsl(73, 9%, 50%)  Xanadu
#8c7a75  rgb(140, 122, 117)  hsl(13, 9%, 50%)  Beaver
#758c7a  rgb(117, 140, 122)  hsl(133, 9%, 50%)  Xanadu