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#76868C

#76868c ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#76868c is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 52.55% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.71% cyan, 4.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black. Its hue angle is 196.36°, with 8.73% saturation and 50.59% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities 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 5.41.

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Relative luminance0.228

Complementary

  1. #76868c
  2. #8c7c76

Split complementary

  1. #76868c
  2. #8c767b
  3. #8c8776

Analogous

  1. #768c87
  2. #76868c
  3. #767b8c

Triadic

  1. #76868c
  2. #8c7686
  3. #868c76

Tetradic

  1. #76868c
  2. #7c768c
  3. #8c7c76
  4. #868c76

Square

  1. #76868c
  2. #87768c
  3. #8c7c76
  4. #7b8c76

Monochromatic

  1. #303739
  2. #535e63
  3. #76868c
  4. #a0abaf
  5. #c9cfd2

Shades

#76868c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #76868c
  2. #6a797e
  3. #5e6b70
  4. #535e62
  5. #475054
  6. #3b4346
  7. #2f3638
  8. #23282a
  9. #181b1c
  10. #0c0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#76868c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #76868c
  2. #849298
  3. #919ea3
  4. #9faaaf
  5. #adb6ba
  6. #bbc3c6
  7. #c8cfd1
  8. #d6dbdd
  9. #e4e7e8
  10. #f1f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#76868c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #76868c
  2. #77858b
  3. #78858a
  4. #798488
  5. #7a8487
  6. #7b8386
  7. #7c8285
  8. #7d8284
  9. #7e8182
  10. #7f8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e8487 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82858c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f828c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #708888 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e858c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b848c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #728789 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-76868c {
  color: #76868c;
}
Background
.bg-76868c {
  background-color: #76868c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-76868c {
  border: 2px solid #76868c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #76868c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 134 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 9% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-76868c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #76868c, #767b8c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-76868c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 134 140 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 5.41 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 5.41 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.45 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.45 #808080 Gray ΔE 7.22 #808080 Grey ΔE 7.22 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.48 #897973 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#76868c  rgb(118, 134, 140)  hsl(196, 9%, 51%)  Light Slate Gray
#8c7c76  rgb(140, 124, 118)  hsl(16, 9%, 51%)  Beaver
#8c7686  rgb(140, 118, 134)  hsl(316, 9%, 51%)  Mountbatten Pink
#868c76  rgb(134, 140, 118)  hsl(76, 9%, 51%)  Xanadu