CSS named color

Light Slate Gray #778899

Also known as Lightslategrey

Light Slate Gray is muted blue. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Light Slate Gray used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
3.64:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
5.77:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Light Slate Gray — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Light Slate Gray by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#778899 ≈ Slate Gray #988776 ≈ Gray

Analogous

#769898 ≈ Light Slate Gray #778899 ≈ Slate Gray #767698 ≈ Slate Gray

Triadic

#778899 ≈ Slate Gray #987687 ≈ Gray #879876 ≈ Gray

Split-complementary

#778899 ≈ Slate Gray #987676 ≈ Gray #989876 ≈ Gray

Tetradic

#778899 ≈ Slate Gray #987698 ≈ Gray #988776 ≈ Gray #769876 ≈ Gray

Use Light Slate Gray in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#778899], border-[#778899].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Light Slate Gray into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Slate Gray #708090 Gray #808080 Cadet Blue #5F9EA0 Steel Blue #4682B4 Dim Gray #696969 Dark Gray #A9A9A9

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