#696b82

Color #696b82

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#696b82

RGB

rgb(105, 107, 130)

HSL

hsl(235.2, 10.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.2, 19.2%, 51%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 49%)

LAB

lab(45.81, 4.44, -12.95)

LCH

lch(45.81, 13.69, 288.92)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.036, 281.22)

HWB

hwb(235.2, 41.2%, 49%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#828069

Analogous

#697882

#696b82

#746982

Triadic

#696b82

#82696b

#6b8269

Split-complementary

#696b82

#827469

#788269

Tetradic

#696b82

#806982

#828069

#6b8269

Square

#696b82

#826978

#828069

#698274

Shades

Color #696b82 mixed toward black.

#58596c

#464757

#353641

#23242b

#121216

Tints

Color #696b82 mixed toward white.

#808299

#9a9bad

#b3b4c2

#cccdd6

#e6e6eb

Tones

Color #696b82 mixed toward gray.

#6b6d80

#6d6f7e

#6f707c

#71727a

#737478

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.03:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a7d · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#6a6a7c · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#697978 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696b82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696b82]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696b82 (#696b82) is rgb(105, 107, 130) in RGB.

No, #696b82 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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