#696983

Color #696983

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#696983

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 131)

HSL

hsl(240, 11%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 19.8%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(45.28, 5.89, -14.35)

LCH

lch(45.28, 15.51, 292.32)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0406, 284.86)

HWB

hwb(240, 41.2%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838369

Analogous

#697683

#696983

#766983

Triadic

#696983

#836969

#698369

Split-complementary

#696983

#837669

#768369

Tetradic

#696983

#836983

#838369

#698369

Square

#696983

#836976

#838369

#698376

Shades

Color #696983 mixed toward black.

#58586d

#464657

#353542

#23232c

#121216

Tints

Color #696983 mixed toward white.

#808099

#9a9aae

#b3b3c2

#ccccd6

#e6e6eb

Tones

Color #696983 mixed toward gray.

#6b6b81

#6d6d7f

#70707d

#72727a

#747478

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69697d · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#69697c · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#697978 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 12.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696983;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696983]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696983 (#696983) is rgb(105, 105, 131) in RGB.

No, #696983 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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