#696aa6

Color #696aa6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#696aa6

RGB

rgb(105, 106, 166)

HSL

hsl(239, 25.5%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239, 36.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(47.06, 14.59, -32.37)

LCH

lch(47.06, 35.51, 294.26)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.0927, 282.15)

HWB

hwb(239, 41.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a569

Analogous

#6988a6

#696aa6

#8669a6

Triadic

#696aa6

#a6696a

#6aa669

Split-complementary

#696aa6

#a68669

#88a669

Tetradic

#696aa6

#a569a6

#a6a569

#6aa669

Square

#696aa6

#a66988

#a6a569

#69a686

Shades

Color #696aa6 mixed toward black.

#54558e

#434471

#323355

#222239

#11111c

Tints

Color #696aa6 mixed toward white.

#8283b5

#9b9cc4

#b4b4d2

#cdcde1

#e6e6f0

Tones

Color #696aa6 mixed toward gray.

#6e6fa1

#73749c

#787997

#7d7e92

#82828c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69699a · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#696997 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#69908e · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #696aa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696aa6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696aa6 (#696aa6) is rgb(105, 106, 166) in RGB.

No, #696aa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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