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#7F8FAE

#7f8fae ≈ Cool Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7f8fae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.8% red, 56.08% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.01% cyan, 17.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 219.57°, with 22.49% saturation and 59.02% 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 6.44:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 4.21.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2721

Complementary

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #ae9e7f

Split complementary

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #ae867f
  3. #a7ae7f

Analogous

  1. #7fa7ae
  2. #7f8fae
  3. #867fae

Triadic

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #ae7f8f
  3. #8fae7f

Tetradic

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #9e7fae
  3. #ae9e7f
  4. #8fae7f

Square

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #ae7fa7
  3. #ae9e7f
  4. #7fae86

Monochromatic

  1. #39455b
  2. #576889
  3. #7f8fae
  4. #aeb8cc
  5. #dde1e9

Shades

#7f8fae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #72819d
  3. #66728b
  4. #59647a
  5. #4c5668
  6. #404857
  7. #333946
  8. #262b34
  9. #191d23
  10. #0d0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#7f8fae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #8c9ab6
  3. #99a5be
  4. #a5b1c6
  5. #b2bcce
  6. #bfc7d7
  7. #ccd2df
  8. #d9dde7
  9. #e5e9ef
  10. #f2f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7f8fae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7f8fae
  2. #7f8ea9
  3. #7f8ca5
  4. #7f8ba0
  5. #7f899c
  6. #808897
  7. #808692
  8. #80858e
  9. #808389
  10. #808285
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #888f9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8591af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #818cad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #729599 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8390af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #808dae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7893a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7f8fae {
  color: #7f8fae;
}
Background
.bg-7f8fae {
  background-color: #7f8fae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7f8fae {
  border: 2px solid #7f8fae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7f8fae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 127 143 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 22% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7f8fae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7f8fae, #867fae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7f8fae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(127 143 174 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 4.21 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.53 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.53 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.91 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.43 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.57 #807051 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#7f8fae  rgb(127, 143, 174)  hsl(220, 22%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#ae9e7f  rgb(174, 158, 127)  hsl(40, 22%, 59%)  Ecru
#ae7f8f  rgb(174, 127, 143)  hsl(340, 22%, 59%)  Turkish Rose
#8fae7f  rgb(143, 174, 127)  hsl(100, 22%, 59%)  Asparagus