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#7B858F

#7b858f ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7b858f 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, 52.16% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.99% cyan, 6.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.92% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 8.2% saturation and 52.16% 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 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.2297

Complementary

  1. #7b858f
  2. #8f857b

Split complementary

  1. #7b858f
  2. #8f7b7b
  3. #8f8f7b

Analogous

  1. #7b8f8f
  2. #7b858f
  3. #7b7b8f

Triadic

  1. #7b858f
  2. #8f7b85
  3. #858f7b

Tetradic

  1. #7b858f
  2. #857b8f
  3. #8f857b
  4. #858f7b

Square

  1. #7b858f
  2. #8f7b8f
  3. #8f857b
  4. #7b8f7b

Monochromatic

  1. #34393d
  2. #575f67
  3. #7b858f
  4. #a4abb2
  5. #ced2d5

Shades

#7b858f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7b858f
  2. #6f7881
  3. #626a72
  4. #565d64
  5. #4a5056
  6. #3e4348
  7. #313539
  8. #25282b
  9. #191b1d
  10. #0c0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#7b858f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7b858f
  2. #88919a
  3. #959da5
  4. #a3aab1
  5. #b0b6bc
  6. #bdc2c7
  7. #caced2
  8. #d7dadd
  9. #e5e7e9
  10. #f2f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7b858f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7b858f
  2. #7c858e
  3. #7c848c
  4. #7d848b
  5. #7d8389
  6. #7e8388
  7. #7e8286
  8. #7f8285
  9. #7f8183
  10. #808182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #808488 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #818590 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f838f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #768788 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f858f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d848f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78868b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7b858f {
  color: #7b858f;
}
Background
.bg-7b858f {
  background-color: #7b858f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7b858f {
  border: 2px solid #7b858f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7b858f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 123 133 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 8% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7b858f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7b858f, #7b7b8f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7b858f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(123 133 143 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 3.37 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 3.37 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 3.59 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 3.59 #808080 Gray ΔE 6.19 #808080 Grey ΔE 6.19 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.02 #847a70 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#7b858f  rgb(123, 133, 143)  hsl(210, 8%, 52%)  Light Slate Gray
#8f857b  rgb(143, 133, 123)  hsl(30, 8%, 52%)  Battleship Gray
#8f7b85  rgb(143, 123, 133)  hsl(330, 8%, 52%)  Mountbatten Pink
#858f7b  rgb(133, 143, 123)  hsl(90, 8%, 52%)  Xanadu