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#7A8FA6

#7a8fa6 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7a8fa6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.84% red, 56.08% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.51% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 211.36°, with 19.82% saturation and 56.47% 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 6.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 3.26.

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Relative luminance0.2654

Complementary

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #a6917a

Split complementary

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #a67b7a
  3. #a5a67a

Analogous

  1. #7aa5a6
  2. #7a8fa6
  3. #7b7aa6

Triadic

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #a67a8f
  3. #8fa67a

Tetradic

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #917aa6
  3. #a6917a
  4. #8fa67a

Square

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #a67aa5
  3. #a6917a
  4. #7aa67b

Monochromatic

  1. #364351
  2. #55697f
  3. #7a8fa6
  4. #a8b6c5
  5. #d6dce3

Shades

#7a8fa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #6e8195
  3. #627285
  4. #556474
  5. #495664
  6. #3d4853
  7. #313942
  8. #252b32
  9. #181d21
  10. #0c0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#7a8fa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #879aaf
  3. #95a5b8
  4. #a2b1c1
  5. #afbcca
  6. #bdc7d3
  7. #cad2db
  8. #d7dde4
  9. #e4e9ed
  10. #f2f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7a8fa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7a8fa6
  2. #7b8ea2
  3. #7b8c9e
  4. #7c8b9b
  5. #7c8997
  6. #7d8893
  7. #7e868f
  8. #7e858b
  9. #7f8388
  10. #7f8284
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #868e98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #878fa7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #818ba6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e9496 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #828fa7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e8ca6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #73929d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7a8fa6 {
  color: #7a8fa6;
}
Background
.bg-7a8fa6 {
  background-color: #7a8fa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7a8fa6 {
  border: 2px solid #7a8fa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7a8fa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 122 143 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 20% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7a8fa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7a8fa6, #7b7aa6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7a8fa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(122 143 166 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 3.26 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 3.26 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.92 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.92 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.44 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.20 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.29 #857059 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#7a8fa6  rgb(122, 143, 166)  hsl(211, 20%, 56%)  Light Slate Gray
#a6917a  rgb(166, 145, 122)  hsl(31, 20%, 56%)  Beaver
#a67a8f  rgb(166, 122, 143)  hsl(331, 20%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8fa67a  rgb(143, 166, 122)  hsl(91, 20%, 56%)  Asparagus