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#68898F

#68898f ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#68898f is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 53.73% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.27% cyan, 4.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.92% black. Its hue angle is 189.23°, with 15.79% saturation and 48.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 9.02.

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Relative luminance0.2282

Complementary

  1. #68898f
  2. #8f6e68

Split complementary

  1. #68898f
  2. #8f6875
  3. #8f8168

Analogous

  1. #688f81
  2. #68898f
  3. #68758f

Triadic

  1. #68898f
  2. #8f6889
  3. #898f68

Tetradic

  1. #68898f
  2. #6e688f
  3. #8f6e68
  4. #898f68

Square

  1. #68898f
  2. #81688f
  3. #8f6e68
  4. #758f68

Monochromatic

  1. #283436
  2. #485f63
  3. #68898f
  4. #93acb0
  5. #bfced1

Shades

#68898f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68898f
  2. #5e7b81
  3. #536e72
  4. #496064
  5. #3e5256
  6. #344548
  7. #2a3739
  8. #1f292b
  9. #151b1d
  10. #0a0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#68898f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68898f
  2. #77959a
  3. #86a1a5
  4. #95acb1
  5. #a4b8bc
  6. #b4c4c7
  7. #c3d0d2
  8. #d2dcdd
  9. #e1e7e9
  10. #f0f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68898f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68898f
  2. #6a888e
  3. #6d878c
  4. #6f868b
  5. #728589
  6. #748588
  7. #768486
  8. #798385
  9. #7b8283
  10. #7e8182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #798688 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83868f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d818f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5b8c8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79878f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75848f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #618b8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68898f {
  color: #68898f;
}
Background
.bg-68898f {
  background-color: #68898f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68898f {
  border: 2px solid #68898f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68898f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 137 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 16% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68898f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68898f, #68758f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68898f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 137 143 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.02 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.02 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.07 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.16 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.16 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.36 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 9.98 #977670 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#68898f  rgb(104, 137, 143)  hsl(189, 16%, 48%)  Light Slate Gray
#8f6e68  rgb(143, 110, 104)  hsl(9, 16%, 48%)  Copper Rose
#8f6889  rgb(143, 104, 137)  hsl(309, 16%, 48%)  Mountbatten Pink
#898f68  rgb(137, 143, 104)  hsl(69, 16%, 48%)  Moss Green