HEX Color #7C8399 (Lightslategray)

About #7C8399

The precise color #7C8399 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightslategray. Its digital footprint relies on 124 parts red, 131 parts green, and 153 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 19% cyan and 14% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 225.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7C8399

RGB124, 131, 153

HSL225.5°, 12.4%, 54.3%

CMYK19%, 14%, 0%, 40%

HSV225.5°, 19.0%, 60.0%

LAB54.9, 2.3, -12.6

XYZ22.2, 22.8, 33.4

Decimal8160153

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#7C8399 #98927C

Analogous

#7C9198 #837C98

Triadic

#987C83 #83987C

Tetradic

#987C91 #98927C #7C9883

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#7C8399

#8A90A4

#999EAF

#A7ACBB

#B6BAC6

#C4C7D1

#D3D5DD

#E1E3E8

#F0F1F3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#7C8399

#6E7488

#606577

#525766

#444855

#373A44

#292B33

#1B1D22

#0D0E11

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.77:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.56:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.61:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.73:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7C8399; }

.text-color { color: #7C8399; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #7C8399; }

Similar Colors

Lightslategray

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