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#7C8ECA

#7c8eca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7c8eca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.63% red, 55.69% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.61% cyan, 29.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 226.15°, with 42.39% saturation and 63.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 6.74.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.279

Complementary

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #cab87c

Split complementary

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #ca917c
  3. #b5ca7c

Analogous

  1. #7cb5ca
  2. #7c8eca
  3. #917cca

Triadic

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #ca7c8e
  3. #8eca7c

Tetradic

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #b87cca
  3. #cab87c
  4. #8eca7c

Square

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #ca7cb5
  3. #cab87c
  4. #7cca91

Monochromatic

  1. #32437b
  2. #4860b2
  3. #7c8eca
  4. #b2bde0
  5. #e9ecf6

Shades

#7c8eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #7080b6
  3. #6372a2
  4. #57638d
  5. #4a5579
  6. #3e4765
  7. #323951
  8. #252b3d
  9. #191c28
  10. #0c0e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#7c8eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #8999cf
  3. #96a5d5
  4. #a3b0da
  5. #b0bbdf
  6. #bec7e5
  7. #cbd2ea
  8. #d8ddef
  9. #e5e8f4
  10. #f2f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7c8eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7c8eca
  2. #7c8dc3
  3. #7d8bbb
  4. #7d8ab4
  5. #7e88ac
  6. #7e87a5
  7. #7e869e
  8. #7f8496
  9. #7f838f
  10. #808187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #888faa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a94cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #738dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #649aa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b91cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #778dc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6e95b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7c8eca {
  color: #7c8eca;
}
Background
.bg-7c8eca {
  background-color: #7c8eca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7c8eca {
  border: 2px solid #7c8eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7c8eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 124 142 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 42% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7c8eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7c8eca, #917cca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7c8eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(124 142 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.74 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.05 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.66 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.75 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.75 #837135 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#7c8eca  rgb(124, 142, 202)  hsl(226, 42%, 64%)  Glaucous
#cab87c  rgb(202, 184, 124)  hsl(46, 42%, 64%)  Ecru
#ca7c8e  rgb(202, 124, 142)  hsl(346, 42%, 64%)  Puce
#8eca7c  rgb(142, 202, 124)  hsl(106, 42%, 64%)  Pistachio