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#7B7B8A

#7b7b8a ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7b7b8a is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.24% red, 48.24% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.87% cyan, 10.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 6.02% saturation and 51.18% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 6.89.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2021

Complementary

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #8a8a7b

Split complementary

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #8a837b
  3. #838a7b

Analogous

  1. #7b838a
  2. #7b7b8a
  3. #837b8a

Triadic

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #8a7b7b
  3. #7b8a7b

Tetradic

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #8a7b8a
  3. #8a8a7b
  4. #7b8a7b

Square

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #8a7b83
  3. #8a8a7b
  4. #7b8a83

Monochromatic

  1. #333339
  2. #575762
  3. #7b7b8a
  4. #a4a4ae
  5. #ccccd2

Shades

#7b7b8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #6f6f7c
  3. #62626e
  4. #565661
  5. #4a4a53
  6. #3e3e45
  7. #313137
  8. #252529
  9. #19191c
  10. #0c0c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#7b7b8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #888896
  3. #9595a1
  4. #a3a3ad
  5. #b0b0b9
  6. #bdbdc5
  7. #cacad0
  8. #d7d7dc
  9. #e5e5e8
  10. #f2f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7b7b8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7b7b8a
  2. #7c7c89
  3. #7c7c88
  4. #7d7d87
  5. #7d7d86
  6. #7e7e85
  7. #7e7e84
  8. #7f7f83
  9. #7f7f82
  10. #808081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c7c82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #787d8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #777c8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #787d80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #797c8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #797b8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #797c84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7b7b8a {
  color: #7b7b8a;
}
Background
.bg-7b7b8a {
  background-color: #7b7b8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7b7b8a {
  border: 2px solid #7b7b8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7b7b8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 123 123 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 6% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7b7b8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7b7b8a, #837b8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7b7b8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(123 123 138 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 6.89 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.62 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.62 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.90 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.90 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.65 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.65 #848475 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#7b7b8a  rgb(123, 123, 138)  hsl(240, 6%, 51%)  Taupe Gray
#8a8a7b  rgb(138, 138, 123)  hsl(60, 6%, 51%)  Battleship Gray
#8a7b7b  rgb(138, 123, 123)  hsl(0, 6%, 51%)  Taupe Gray
#7b8a7b  rgb(123, 138, 123)  hsl(120, 6%, 51%)  Xanadu