HEX Color #777890 (Slategray)

About #777890

The precise color #777890 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Slategray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 119, 120, and 144.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 17% cyan and 17% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 237.6° hue, 10.1% saturation, and 51.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#777890

RGB119, 120, 144

HSL237.6°, 10.1%, 51.6%

CMYK17%, 17%, 0%, 44%

HSV237.6°, 17.4%, 56.5%

LAB51.1, 4.9, -13.1

XYZ19.4, 19.4, 29.1

Decimal7829648

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#777890 #8F8E77

Analogous

#77848F #82778F

Triadic

#8F7777 #778F77

Tetradic

#8F7784 #8F8E77 #778F82

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#777890

#86879C

#9596A8

#A4A5B5

#B3B4C1

#C2C3CD

#D1D2DA

#E0E1E6

#EFF0F2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#777890

#696A80

#5C5D70

#4F5060

#424250

#343540

#272830

#1A1A20

#0D0D10

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.31:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.87:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.12:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.14:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #777890; }

.text-color { color: #777890; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #777890; }

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