#696796

Color #696796

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.81 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#696796

RGB

rgb(105, 103, 150)

HSL

hsl(242.6, 18.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.6, 31.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 31.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(45.5, 12, -25.35)

LCH

lch(45.5, 28.05, 295.33)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.0731, 285.56)

HWB

hwb(242.6, 40.4%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#949667

Analogous

#677c96

#696796

#816796

Triadic

#696796

#966967

#679669

Split-complementary

#696796

#968167

#7c9667

Tetradic

#696796

#966794

#949667

#679669

Square

#696796

#96677c

#949667

#679681

Shades

Color #696796 mixed toward black.

#57567d

#464564

#34334b

#232232

#111119

Tints

Color #696796 mixed toward white.

#8280a8

#9b99b9

#b4b3cb

#cdccdc

#e6e6ee

Tones

Color #696796 mixed toward gray.

#6d6b92

#706f8e

#74738a

#777786

#7b7b82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68688c · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#68688a · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#698482 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 18.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #696796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696796]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696796 (#696796) is rgb(105, 103, 150) in RGB.

No, #696796 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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