#696b71

Color #696b71

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.74 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#696b71

RGB

rgb(105, 107, 113)

HSL

hsl(225, 3.7%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 7.1%, 44.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.7%)

LAB

lab(45.24, 0.51, -3.61)

LCH

lch(45.24, 3.65, 278.04)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.0097, 271.18)

HWB

hwb(225, 41.2%, 55.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#716f69

Analogous

#696f71

#696b71

#6b6971

Triadic

#696b71

#71696b

#6b7169

Split-complementary

#696b71

#716b69

#6f7169

Tetradic

#696b71

#6f6971

#716f69

#6b7169

Square

#696b71

#71696f

#716f69

#69716b

Shades

Color #696b71 mixed toward black.

#57595e

#46474b

#343538

#232426

#111213

Tints

Color #696b71 mixed toward white.

#81838a

#9a9ca1

#b3b5b9

#cccdd0

#e6e6e8

Tones

Color #696b71 mixed toward gray.

#6a6b70

#6a6c70

#6b6c6f

#6c6c6e

#6c6d6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.94:1

White text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a70 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#6a6a6f · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#696e6e · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 3.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696b71;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696b71]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#696b71 (#696b71) is rgb(105, 107, 113) in RGB.

No, #696b71 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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