#696add

Color #696add

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.03 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#696add

RGB

rgb(105, 106, 221)

HSL

hsl(239.5, 63%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.5, 52.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 52%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(50.13, 31.09, -59.17)

LCH

lch(50.13, 66.84, 297.72)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.1712, 279.28)

HWB

hwb(239.5, 41.2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dddc69

Analogous

#69a4dd

#696add

#a269dd

Triadic

#696add

#dd696a

#6add69

Split-complementary

#696add

#dda269

#a4dd69

Tetradic

#696add

#dc69dd

#dddc69

#6add69

Square

#696add

#dd69a4

#dddc69

#69dda2

Shades

Color #696add mixed toward black.

#3d3ed3

#2829b1

#1e1f85

#141559

#0a0a2c

Tints

Color #696add mixed toward white.

#8283e3

#9b9ce8

#b4b4ee

#cdcdf4

#e6e6f9

Tones

Color #696add mixed toward gray.

#7373d3

#7c7dca

#8686c0

#9090b6

#9999ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969c9 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6969c4 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#69b7b3 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696add;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696add]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696add (#696add) is rgb(105, 106, 221) in RGB.

No, #696add 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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