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Light Slate Gray Color

#778899

Light Slate Gray Color

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A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#778899

RGB

rgb(119, 136, 153)

HSL

hsl(210, 14.3%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 22.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(55.92, -2.25, -11.11)

LCH

lch(55.92, 11.34, 258.55)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0325, 248.33)

HWB

hwb(210, 46.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#998877

Analogous

#779999

#778899

#777799

Triadic

#778899

#997788

#889977

Split-complementary

#778899

#997777

#999977

Tetradic

#778899

#887799

#998877

#889977

Square

#778899

#997799

#998877

#779977

Shades

Light Slate Gray Color mixed toward black.

#617181

#4e5b68

#3a444e

#272d34

#13171a

Tints

Light Slate Gray Color mixed toward white.

#8e9caa

#a4b0bb

#bbc3cc

#d2d7dd

#e8ebee

Tones

Light Slate Gray Color mixed toward gray.

#7a8896

#7d8893

#7f8890

#82888e

#85888b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f95 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#7e7c94 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#789291 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 9.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #778899;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#778899]

Related colors

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

Light Slate Gray (#778899) is rgb(119, 136, 153) in RGB.

No, #778899 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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