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#7D8DCA

#7d8dca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7d8dca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.02% red, 55.29% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.12% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 227.53°, with 42.08% saturation and 64.12% 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 6.53:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 6.9.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2767

Complementary

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #caba7d

Split complementary

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #ca947d
  3. #b4ca7d

Analogous

  1. #7db4ca
  2. #7d8dca
  3. #947dca

Triadic

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #ca7d8d
  3. #8dca7d

Tetradic

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #ba7dca
  3. #caba7d
  4. #8dca7d

Square

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #ca7db4
  3. #caba7d
  4. #7dca94

Monochromatic

  1. #32427c
  2. #495eb2
  3. #7d8dca
  4. #b3bde0
  5. #eaecf6

Shades

#7d8dca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #717fb6
  3. #6471a2
  4. #58638d
  5. #4b5579
  6. #3f4765
  7. #323851
  8. #262a3d
  9. #191c28
  10. #0d0e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#7d8dca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #8a98cf
  3. #97a4d5
  4. #a4afda
  5. #b1bbdf
  6. #bec6e5
  7. #cbd1ea
  8. #d8ddef
  9. #e5e8f4
  10. #f2f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7d8dca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7d8dca
  2. #7d8cc3
  3. #7e8abb
  4. #7e89b4
  5. #7e88ac
  6. #7f87a5
  7. #7f859e
  8. #7f8496
  9. #7f838f
  10. #808187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #888faa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7993cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #738dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6599a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b91cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #778dc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7094b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7d8dca {
  color: #7d8dca;
}
Background
.bg-7d8dca {
  background-color: #7d8dca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7d8dca {
  border: 2px solid #7d8dca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7d8dca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 125 141 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 42% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7d8dca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7d8dca, #947dca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7d8dca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(125 141 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.90 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.55 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.15 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.79 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.93 #827235 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Glaucous
#7d8dca  rgb(125, 141, 202)  hsl(228, 42%, 64%)  Glaucous
#caba7d  rgb(202, 186, 125)  hsl(48, 42%, 64%)  Ecru
#ca7d8d  rgb(202, 125, 141)  hsl(348, 42%, 64%)  Puce
#8dca7d  rgb(141, 202, 125)  hsl(108, 42%, 64%)  Pistachio