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#869CB1

#869cb1 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#869cb1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 61.18% green and 69.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.29% cyan, 11.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.59% black. Its hue angle is 209.3°, with 21.61% saturation and 60.98% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3202

Complementary

  1. #869cb1
  2. #b19b86

Split complementary

  1. #869cb1
  2. #b18686
  3. #b1b086

Analogous

  1. #86b1b0
  2. #869cb1
  3. #8686b1

Triadic

  1. #869cb1
  2. #b1869c
  3. #9cb186

Tetradic

  1. #869cb1
  2. #9b86b1
  3. #b19b86
  4. #9cb186

Square

  1. #869cb1
  2. #b086b1
  3. #b19b86
  4. #86b186

Monochromatic

  1. #3e4f60
  2. #5c768f
  3. #869cb1
  4. #b5c2cf
  5. #e3e8ed

Shades

#869cb1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #869cb1
  2. #798c9f
  3. #6b7d8e
  4. #5e6d7c
  5. #505e6a
  6. #434e59
  7. #363e47
  8. #282f35
  9. #1b1f23
  10. #0d1012
  11. #000000

Tints

#869cb1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #869cb1
  2. #92a6b9
  3. #9eb0c1
  4. #aabac8
  5. #b6c4d0
  6. #c3ced8
  7. #cfd7e0
  8. #dbe1e8
  9. #e7ebef
  10. #f3f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#869cb1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #869cb1
  2. #8599ac
  3. #8596a7
  4. #8494a2
  5. #84919d
  6. #838e99
  7. #828b94
  8. #82888f
  9. #81868a
  10. #818385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #929aa3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #949cb2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f97b1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7aa1a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f9cb2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b99b1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f9fa9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-869cb1 {
  color: #869cb1;
}
Background
.bg-869cb1 {
  background-color: #869cb1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-869cb1 {
  border: 2px solid #869cb1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #869cb1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 156 177;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 22% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-869cb1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #869cb1, #8686b1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-869cb1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 156 177 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.78 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.05 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.86 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.72 #79634e Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#869cb1  rgb(134, 156, 177)  hsl(209, 22%, 61%)  Light Slate Gray
#b19b86  rgb(177, 155, 134)  hsl(29, 22%, 61%)  Camel
#b1869c  rgb(177, 134, 156)  hsl(329, 22%, 61%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9cb186  rgb(156, 177, 134)  hsl(89, 22%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green