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#7B8699

#7b8699 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7b8699 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.24% red, 52.55% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.61% cyan, 12.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 218°, with 12.82% saturation and 54.12% 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 5.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2356

Complementary

  1. #7b8699
  2. #998e7b

Split complementary

  1. #7b8699
  2. #997f7b
  3. #95997b

Analogous

  1. #7b9599
  2. #7b8699
  3. #7f7b99

Triadic

  1. #7b8699
  2. #997b86
  3. #86997b

Tetradic

  1. #7b8699
  2. #8e7b99
  3. #998e7b
  4. #86997b

Square

  1. #7b8699
  2. #997b95
  3. #998e7b
  4. #7b997f

Monochromatic

  1. #363b45
  2. #576071
  3. #7b8699
  4. #a6aeba
  5. #d1d5dc

Shades

#7b8699 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7b8699
  2. #6f798a
  3. #626b7a
  4. #565e6b
  5. #4a505c
  6. #3e434d
  7. #31363d
  8. #25282e
  9. #191b1f
  10. #0c0d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#7b8699 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7b8699
  2. #8892a3
  3. #959ead
  4. #a3aab8
  5. #b0b6c2
  6. #bdc3cc
  7. #cacfd6
  8. #d7dbe0
  9. #e5e7eb
  10. #f2f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7b8699 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7b8699
  2. #7c8597
  3. #7c8594
  4. #7d8492
  5. #7d848f
  6. #7e838d
  7. #7e828a
  8. #7f8288
  9. #7f8185
  10. #808183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81868e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80879a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d8499 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #748a8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e879a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c8599 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #778891 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7b8699 {
  color: #7b8699;
}
Background
.bg-7b8699 {
  background-color: #7b8699;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7b8699 {
  border: 2px solid #7b8699;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7b8699;
  --color-primary-rgb: 123 134 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 13% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7b8699 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7b8699, #7f7b99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7b8699 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(123 134 153 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 3.13 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 3.13 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 4.08 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 4.08 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.29 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.34 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.34 #847966 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#7b8699  rgb(123, 134, 153)  hsl(218, 13%, 54%)  Light Slate Gray
#998e7b  rgb(153, 142, 123)  hsl(38, 13%, 54%)  Battleship Gray
#997b86  rgb(153, 123, 134)  hsl(338, 13%, 54%)  Mountbatten Pink
#86997b  rgb(134, 153, 123)  hsl(98, 13%, 54%)  Xanadu