#708090 · Slate

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#708090 (RGB 112, 128, 144) is a medium, muted gray, closest to Slate and near Gray and Warm Gray. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #708090 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. In OKLCH it has 59% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 248°.

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HEX#708090
RGBrgb(112, 128, 144)
HSLhsl(210, 13%, 50%)
CMYK22, 11, 0, 44
CSS var--slate
Contrast4.05:1 white · 5.18:1 black

Similar named colors

Gray #808080Warm Gray #8B8589Slate Gray #5D6D7EDove Gray #6D6C6CSteel Blue #4682B4

How to use #708090

Black text passes WCAG AA on #708090 (5.18:1); white text does not (4.05:1).

For a calm scheme pair #708090 with its analogous neighbors #6F9090 and #6F6F90; for contrast use its complement #90806F as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--slate: #708090;

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#708090 hex color card: Slate, RGB 112, 128, 144
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Shades & tints

#161A1D#2D333A#434D56#5A6673#708090#8D99A6#A9B3BC#C6CCD3#E2E6E9

Color harmonies for #708090

Complementary

#708090#90806F

Analogous

#708090#6F9090#6F6F90

Triadic

#708090#906F80#80906F

Split complementary

#708090#906F6F#90906F

Tetradic

#708090#906F90#90806F#6F906F