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#7D8D9B

#7d8d9b ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7d8d9b is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.02% red, 55.29% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.35% cyan, 9.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black. Its hue angle is 208°, with 13.04% saturation and 54.9% 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 6.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 2.2.

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Relative luminance0.2578

Complementary

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #9b8b7d

Split complementary

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #9b7d7e
  3. #9b9a7d

Analogous

  1. #7d9b9a
  2. #7d8d9b
  3. #7d7e9b

Triadic

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #9b7d8d
  3. #8d9b7d

Tetradic

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #8b7d9b
  3. #9b8b7d
  4. #8d9b7d

Square

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #9a7d9b
  3. #9b8b7d
  4. #7e9b7d

Monochromatic

  1. #374048
  2. #586773
  3. #7d8d9b
  4. #a8b3bc
  5. #d3d9de

Shades

#7d8d9b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #717f8c
  3. #64717c
  4. #58636d
  5. #4b555d
  6. #3f474e
  7. #32383e
  8. #262a2f
  9. #191c1f
  10. #0d0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#7d8d9b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #8a98a5
  3. #97a4af
  4. #a4afb9
  5. #b1bbc3
  6. #bec6cd
  7. #cbd1d7
  8. #d8dde1
  9. #e5e8eb
  10. #f2f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7d8d9b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7d8d9b
  2. #7d8c98
  3. #7e8a96
  4. #7e8993
  5. #7e8890
  6. #7f878e
  7. #7f858b
  8. #7f8488
  9. #7f8385
  10. #808183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #868c92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #888d9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84899b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #759091 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #838d9b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #818b9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #788f95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7d8d9b {
  color: #7d8d9b;
}
Background
.bg-7d8d9b {
  background-color: #7d8d9b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7d8d9b {
  border: 2px solid #7d8d9b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7d8d9b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 125 141 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 13% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7d8d9b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7d8d9b, #7d7e9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7d8d9b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(125 141 155 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 2.20 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 2.20 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 4.82 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 4.82 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.54 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.17 #827264 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#7d8d9b  rgb(125, 141, 155)  hsl(208, 13%, 55%)  Light Slate Gray
#9b8b7d  rgb(155, 139, 125)  hsl(28, 13%, 55%)  Beaver
#9b7d8d  rgb(155, 125, 141)  hsl(328, 13%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8d9b7d  rgb(141, 155, 125)  hsl(88, 13%, 55%)  Moss Green