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#8FA0AD

#8fa0ad ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8fa0ad is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 62.75% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.34% cyan, 7.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 206°, with 15.46% saturation and 61.96% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 8.17.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.34

Complementary

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #ad9c8f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #ad8f91
  3. #adab8f

Analogous

  1. #8fadab
  2. #8fa0ad
  3. #8f91ad

Triadic

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #ad8fa0
  3. #a0ad8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #9c8fad
  3. #ad9c8f
  4. #a0ad8f

Square

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #ab8fad
  3. #ad9c8f
  4. #91ad8f

Monochromatic

  1. #45535e
  2. #657a8a
  3. #8fa0ad
  4. #bbc5cd
  5. #e7ebee

Shades

#8fa0ad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #81909c
  3. #72808a
  4. #647079
  5. #566068
  6. #485057
  7. #394045
  8. #2b3034
  9. #1d2023
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa0ad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #9aaab5
  3. #a5b3bd
  4. #b1bdc6
  5. #bcc6ce
  6. #c7d0d6
  7. #d2d9de
  8. #dde3e6
  9. #e9ecef
  10. #f4f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa0ad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa0ad
  2. #8e9da9
  3. #8c9aa4
  4. #8b96a0
  5. #89939b
  6. #889097
  7. #868d92
  8. #858a8e
  9. #838689
  10. #828385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #989fa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba0ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #979cad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87a3a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a0ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #949ead ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8aa2a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa0ad {
  color: #8fa0ad;
}
Background
.bg-8fa0ad {
  background-color: #8fa0ad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa0ad {
  border: 2px solid #8fa0ad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa0ad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 160 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 15% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa0ad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa0ad, #8f91ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa0ad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 160 173 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.17 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.73 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.83 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.22 #705f52 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#8fa0ad  rgb(143, 160, 173)  hsl(206, 15%, 62%)  Light Slate Gray
#ad9c8f  rgb(173, 156, 143)  hsl(26, 15%, 62%)  Silver Pink
#ad8fa0  rgb(173, 143, 160)  hsl(326, 15%, 62%)  Rose Quartz
#a0ad8f  rgb(160, 173, 143)  hsl(86, 15%, 62%)  Sage