Slate Gray color (#708090)
Slate Gray is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword slategray
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #708090, which is rgb(112, 128, 144) in RGB. The keyword slategrey produces exactly the same color.
It is a medium, muted color with a hue angle of 210° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 59% in OKLCH. On a slate gray background, black text gives the higher contrast at 5.17:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Slate Gray color codes
| CSS name | slategray |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #708090 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #708090FF |
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| RGB | rgb(112, 128, 144) |
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| HSL | hsl(210, 13%, 50%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(210, 22%, 57%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(59.3% 0.0309 248.3) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(22.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 43.5%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for slate gray used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of slate gray
Tints mix slate gray with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with slate gray
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
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Split-Complementary
Slate Gray with color blindness
Approximately how slate gray appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using slate gray in CSS
.element {
color: slategray;
background-color: #708090;
border-color: rgb(112 128 144 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(59.3% 0.0309 248.3);
}Similar named colors
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