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#8399BC

#8399bc ≈ Cool Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8399bc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.32% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 216.84°, with 29.84% saturation and 62.55% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 6.17.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3124

Complementary

  1. #8399bc
  2. #bca683

Split complementary

  1. #8399bc
  2. #bc8a83
  3. #b6bc83

Analogous

  1. #83b6bc
  2. #8399bc
  3. #8a83bc

Triadic

  1. #8399bc
  2. #bc8399
  3. #99bc83

Tetradic

  1. #8399bc
  2. #a683bc
  3. #bca683
  4. #99bc83

Square

  1. #8399bc
  2. #bc83b6
  3. #bca683
  4. #83bc8a

Monochromatic

  1. #3a4d6c
  2. #55719d
  3. #8399bc
  4. #b5c2d7
  5. #e6ebf2

Shades

#8399bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8399bc
  2. #768aa9
  3. #697a96
  4. #5c6b84
  5. #4f5c71
  6. #424d5e
  7. #343d4b
  8. #272e38
  9. #1a1f26
  10. #0d0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8399bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8399bc
  2. #8fa3c3
  3. #9cadc9
  4. #a8b8d0
  5. #b5c2d7
  6. #c1ccde
  7. #cdd6e4
  8. #dae0eb
  9. #e6ebf2
  10. #f3f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8399bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8399bc
  2. #8397b6
  3. #8294b0
  4. #8292aa
  5. #828fa4
  6. #828d9e
  7. #818a98
  8. #818892
  9. #81858c
  10. #808386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9098a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9bbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8795bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73a0a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #899abd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8697bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a9dae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8399bc {
  color: #8399bc;
}
Background
.bg-8399bc {
  background-color: #8399bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8399bc {
  border: 2px solid #8399bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8399bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 30% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8399bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8399bc, #8a83bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8399bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.96 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.32 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.55 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.55 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.78 #7c6643 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8399bc  rgb(131, 153, 188)  hsl(217, 30%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#bca683  rgb(188, 166, 131)  hsl(37, 30%, 63%)  Tan
#bc8399  rgb(188, 131, 153)  hsl(337, 30%, 63%)  Puce
#99bc83  rgb(153, 188, 131)  hsl(97, 30%, 63%)  Olivine