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#8A9BAD

#8a9bad ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a9bad is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 60.78% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.23% cyan, 10.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 210.86°, with 17.59% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 6.48.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3186

Complementary

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #ad9c8a

Split complementary

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #ad8a8a
  3. #acad8a

Analogous

  1. #8aacad
  2. #8a9bad
  3. #8a8aad

Triadic

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #ad8a9b
  3. #9bad8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #9c8aad
  3. #ad9c8a
  4. #9bad8a

Square

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #ad8aac
  3. #ad9c8a
  4. #8aad8a

Monochromatic

  1. #414f5d
  2. #61758a
  3. #8a9bad
  4. #b7c1cd
  5. #e4e8ec

Shades

#8a9bad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #7c8c9c
  3. #6e7c8a
  4. #616d79
  5. #535d68
  6. #454e57
  7. #373e45
  8. #292f34
  9. #1c1f23
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a9bad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #96a5b5
  3. #a1afbd
  4. #adb9c6
  5. #b9c3ce
  6. #c5cdd6
  7. #d0d7de
  8. #dce1e6
  9. #e8ebef
  10. #f3f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a9bad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a9bad
  2. #8998a9
  3. #8896a4
  4. #8793a0
  5. #86909b
  6. #858e97
  7. #848b92
  8. #83888e
  9. #828589
  10. #818385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939aa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #949bae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9097ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #819fa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #909bae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e99ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #859da6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a9bad {
  color: #8a9bad;
}
Background
.bg-8a9bad {
  background-color: #8a9bad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a9bad {
  border: 2px solid #8a9bad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a9bad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 155 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 18% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a9bad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a9bad, #8a8aad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a9bad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 155 173 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.48 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.48 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.39 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.42 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.42 #756452 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#8a9bad  rgb(138, 155, 173)  hsl(211, 18%, 61%)  Light Slate Gray
#ad9c8a  rgb(173, 156, 138)  hsl(31, 18%, 61%)  Camel
#ad8a9b  rgb(173, 138, 155)  hsl(331, 18%, 61%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9bad8a  rgb(155, 173, 138)  hsl(91, 18%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green