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#7E9899

#7e9899 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7e9899 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.41% red, 59.61% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.65% cyan, 0.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 182.22°, with 11.69% saturation and 54.71% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 8.13.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2919

Complementary

  1. #7e9899
  2. #997f7e

Split complementary

  1. #7e9899
  2. #997e8b
  3. #998d7e

Analogous

  1. #7e998d
  2. #7e9899
  3. #7e8b99

Triadic

  1. #7e9899
  2. #997e98
  3. #98997e

Tetradic

  1. #7e9899
  2. #7f7e99
  3. #997f7e
  4. #98997e

Square

  1. #7e9899
  2. #8d7e99
  3. #997f7e
  4. #8b997e

Monochromatic

  1. #384646
  2. #597071
  3. #7e9899
  4. #a9babb
  5. #d3dcdd

Shades

#7e9899 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7e9899
  2. #71898a
  3. #657a7a
  4. #586a6b
  5. #4c5b5c
  6. #3f4c4d
  7. #323d3d
  8. #262e2e
  9. #191e1f
  10. #0d0f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#7e9899 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7e9899
  2. #8ba2a3
  3. #98adad
  4. #a5b7b8
  5. #b2c1c2
  6. #bfcccc
  7. #cbd6d6
  8. #d8e0e0
  9. #e5eaeb
  10. #f2f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7e9899 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7e9899
  2. #7e9697
  3. #7e9394
  4. #7f9192
  5. #7f8e8f
  6. #7f8c8d
  7. #7f8a8a
  8. #7f8788
  9. #808585
  10. #808283
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b9595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #949599 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9199 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #769a98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8c9699 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #889499 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #799999 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7e9899 {
  color: #7e9899;
}
Background
.bg-7e9899 {
  background-color: #7e9899;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7e9899 {
  border: 2px solid #7e9899;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7e9899;
  --color-primary-rgb: 126 152 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 12% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7e9899 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7e9899, #7e8b99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7e9899 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(126 152 153 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.13 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 9.58 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.60 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.74 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 11.63 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 12.05 #816766 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#7e9899  rgb(126, 152, 153)  hsl(182, 12%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#997f7e  rgb(153, 127, 126)  hsl(2, 12%, 55%)  Beaver
#997e98  rgb(153, 126, 152)  hsl(302, 12%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink
#98997e  rgb(152, 153, 126)  hsl(62, 12%, 55%)  Moss Green