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#7F8B95

#7f8b95 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#7f8b95 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.8% red, 54.51% green and 58.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.77% cyan, 6.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.57% black. Its hue angle is 207.27°, with 9.4% saturation and 54.12% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2515

Complementary

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #95897f

Split complementary

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #957f80
  3. #95947f

Analogous

  1. #7f9594
  2. #7f8b95
  3. #7f8095

Triadic

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #957f8b
  3. #8b957f

Tetradic

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #897f95
  3. #95897f
  4. #8b957f

Square

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #947f95
  3. #95897f
  4. #80957f

Monochromatic

  1. #383e43
  2. #5a656d
  3. #7f8b95
  4. #a9b1b8
  5. #d3d7da

Shades

#7f8b95 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #727d86
  3. #666f77
  4. #596168
  5. #4c5359
  6. #40464b
  7. #33383c
  8. #262a2d
  9. #191c1e
  10. #0d0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#7f8b95 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #8c97a0
  3. #99a2aa
  4. #a5aeb5
  5. #b2b9bf
  6. #bfc5ca
  7. #ccd1d5
  8. #d9dcdf
  9. #e5e8ea
  10. #f2f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7f8b95 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7f8b95
  2. #7f8a93
  3. #7f8991
  4. #7f888f
  5. #7f878d
  6. #80868b
  7. #808488
  8. #808386
  9. #808284
  10. #808182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #858a8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #878b96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #848895 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7a8d8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #848b95 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #828995 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c8c91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7f8b95 {
  color: #7f8b95;
}
Background
.bg-7f8b95 {
  background-color: #7f8b95;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7f8b95 {
  border: 2px solid #7f8b95;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7f8b95;
  --color-primary-rgb: 127 139 149;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 9% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7f8b95 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7f8b95, #7f8095);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7f8b95 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(127 139 149 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 3.30 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 3.30 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 4.96 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 4.96 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.30 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.30 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.60 #80746a Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#7f8b95  rgb(127, 139, 149)  hsl(207, 9%, 54%)  Light Slate Gray
#95897f  rgb(149, 137, 127)  hsl(27, 9%, 54%)  Battleship Gray
#957f8b  rgb(149, 127, 139)  hsl(327, 9%, 54%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8b957f  rgb(139, 149, 127)  hsl(87, 9%, 54%)  Xanadu