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#7C8A99

#7c8a99 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7c8a99 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.63% red, 54.12% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.95% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 211.03°, with 12.45% saturation and 54.31% 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 5.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2476

Complementary

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #998b7c

Split complementary

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #997c7c
  3. #98997c

Analogous

  1. #7c9899
  2. #7c8a99
  3. #7c7c99

Triadic

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #997c8a
  3. #8a997c

Tetradic

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #8b7c99
  3. #998b7c
  4. #8a997c

Square

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #997c98
  3. #998b7c
  4. #7c997c

Monochromatic

  1. #363e46
  2. #586471
  3. #7c8a99
  4. #a7b0ba
  5. #d2d7dc

Shades

#7c8a99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #707c8a
  3. #636e7a
  4. #57616b
  5. #4a535c
  6. #3e454d
  7. #32373d
  8. #25292e
  9. #191c1f
  10. #0c0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#7c8a99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #8996a3
  3. #96a1ad
  4. #a3adb8
  5. #b0b9c2
  6. #bec5cc
  7. #cbd0d6
  8. #d8dce0
  9. #e5e8eb
  10. #f2f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7c8a99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7c8a99
  2. #7c8997
  3. #7d8894
  4. #7d8792
  5. #7e868f
  6. #7e858d
  7. #7e848a
  8. #7f8388
  9. #7f8285
  10. #808183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84898f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #858a9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #818799 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #758d8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #818a99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f8899 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #788c93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7c8a99 {
  color: #7c8a99;
}
Background
.bg-7c8a99 {
  background-color: #7c8a99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7c8a99 {
  border: 2px solid #7c8a99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7c8a99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 124 138 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 12% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7c8a99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7c8a99, #7c7c99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7c8a99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(124 138 153 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 1.40 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 1.40 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 3.88 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 3.88 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.10 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.74 #837566 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#7c8a99  rgb(124, 138, 153)  hsl(211, 12%, 54%)  Light Slate Gray
#998b7c  rgb(153, 139, 124)  hsl(31, 12%, 54%)  Beaver
#997c8a  rgb(153, 124, 138)  hsl(331, 12%, 54%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8a997c  rgb(138, 153, 124)  hsl(91, 12%, 54%)  Xanadu