Bluish Gray

The color code of Bluish Gray indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color cyan, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of blue. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Bluish Gray is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 16 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 56 %, Bluish Gray is a rather light color.

Hex	`#72979c`
RGB	`rgb(114, 151, 156)`
HSL*	`hsl(187, 18%, 53%)`
Lab*	`59.99 -11.48 -6.78`
CMYK*	`27% 3% 0% 39%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

45 %

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