#696d85

Color #696d85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.35 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#696d85

RGB

rgb(105, 109, 133)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 11.8%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 21.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(46.49, 3.97, -13.71)

LCH

lch(46.49, 14.27, 286.15)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0377, 277.61)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 41.2%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#858169

Analogous

#697b85

#696d85

#736985

Triadic

#696d85

#85696d

#6d8569

Split-complementary

#696d85

#857369

#7b8569

Tetradic

#696d85

#816985

#858169

#6d8569

Square

#696d85

#85697b

#858169

#698573

Shades

Color #696d85 mixed toward black.

#585b6f

#464959

#353743

#23242c

#121216

Tints

Color #696d85 mixed toward white.

#80849b

#9a9daf

#b3b5c3

#ccced7

#e6e6eb

Tones

Color #696d85 mixed toward gray.

#6b6f83

#6e7080

#70727e

#72747c

#757579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.13:1

White text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b80 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#6b6a7e · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#697b7a · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 11.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696d85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696d85]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#696d85 (#696d85) is rgb(105, 109, 133) in RGB.

No, #696d85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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