#5E7C8A · Slate

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#5E7C8A is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Slate and near Slate and Slate Gray. In OKLCH it has 57% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 228°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #5E7C8A a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5E7C8A
RGBrgb(94, 124, 138)
HSLhsl(199, 19%, 45%)
CMYK32, 10, 0, 46
CSS var--slate
Contrast4.44:1 white · 4.73:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate #708090Slate Gray #5D6D7EGray #808080Dove Gray #6D6C6CSteel Blue #4682B4

How to use #5E7C8A

Black text passes WCAG AA on #5E7C8A (4.73:1); white text does not (4.44:1).

For a calm scheme pair #5E7C8A with its analogous neighbors #5D8981 and #5D6589; for contrast use its complement #896B5D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--slate: #5E7C8A;

Shades & tints

#13191C#263237#384A53#4B636E#5E7C8A#7E96A1#9EB0B9#BFCBD0#DFE5E8

Color harmonies for #5E7C8A

Complementary

#5E7C8A#896B5D

Analogous

#5E7C8A#5D8981#5D6589

Triadic

#5E7C8A#895D7B#7B895D

Split complementary

#5E7C8A#895D65#89815D

Tetradic

#5E7C8A#815D89#896B5D#65895D

Palettes with #5E7C8A