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#809AAA

#809aaa ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#809aaa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 60.39% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.71% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 202.86°, with 19.81% saturation and 58.43% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 6.57.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.306

Complementary

  1. #809aaa
  2. #aa9080

Split complementary

  1. #809aaa
  2. #aa8085
  3. #aaa580

Analogous

  1. #80aaa5
  2. #809aaa
  3. #8085aa

Triadic

  1. #809aaa
  2. #aa809a
  3. #9aaa80

Tetradic

  1. #809aaa
  2. #9080aa
  3. #aa9080
  4. #9aaa80

Square

  1. #809aaa
  2. #a580aa
  3. #aa9080
  4. #85aa80

Monochromatic

  1. #3a4c57
  2. #597485
  3. #809aaa
  4. #aebec9
  5. #dce3e7

Shades

#809aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809aaa
  2. #738b99
  3. #667b88
  4. #5a6c77
  5. #4d5c66
  6. #404d55
  7. #333e44
  8. #262e33
  9. #1a1f22
  10. #0d0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#809aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809aaa
  2. #8da4b3
  3. #99aebb
  4. #a6b8c4
  5. #b3c2cc
  6. #c0cdd5
  7. #ccd7dd
  8. #d9e1e6
  9. #e6ebee
  10. #f2f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809aaa
  2. #8097a6
  3. #8095a2
  4. #80929d
  5. #809099
  6. #808d95
  7. #808a91
  8. #80888d
  9. #808588
  10. #808384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e989f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9399ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d94aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #749e9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8c99ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8897aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #799da4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809aaa {
  color: #809aaa;
}
Background
.bg-809aaa {
  background-color: #809aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809aaa {
  border: 2px solid #809aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 154 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 20% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809aaa, #8085aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 154 170 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.57 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.89 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.96 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.24 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.24 #7f6555 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#809aaa  rgb(128, 154, 170)  hsl(203, 20%, 58%)  Light Slate Gray
#aa9080  rgb(170, 144, 128)  hsl(23, 20%, 58%)  Beaver
#aa809a  rgb(170, 128, 154)  hsl(323, 20%, 58%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9aaa80  rgb(154, 170, 128)  hsl(83, 20%, 58%)  Asparagus