#696d7a

Color #696d7a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#696d7a

RGB

rgb(105, 109, 122)

HSL

hsl(225.9, 7.5%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.9, 13.9%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(46.1, 1.35, -7.72)

LCH

lch(46.1, 7.84, 279.92)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0208, 272.2)

HWB

hwb(225.9, 41.2%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7669

Analogous

#69757a

#696d7a

#6d697a

Triadic

#696d7a

#7a696d

#6d7a69

Split-complementary

#696d7a

#7a6d69

#757a69

Tetradic

#696d7a

#76697a

#7a7669

#6d7a69

Square

#696d7a

#7a6975

#7a7669

#697a6d

Shades

Color #696d7a mixed toward black.

#575b66

#464951

#34363d

#232429

#111214

Tints

Color #696d7a mixed toward white.

#808492

#9a9da8

#b3b5be

#ccced3

#e6e6e9

Tones

Color #696d7a mixed toward gray.

#6a6e79

#6c6e77

#6d6f76

#6f7074

#707173

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b77 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#6b6a76 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#697574 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696d7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696d7a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#696d7a (#696d7a) is rgb(105, 109, 122) in RGB.

No, #696d7a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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