#696e86

Color #696e86

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.95 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#696e86

RGB

rgb(105, 110, 134)

HSL

hsl(229.7, 12.1%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.7, 21.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(46.81, 3.62, -13.82)

LCH

lch(46.81, 14.29, 284.68)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0379, 275.91)

HWB

hwb(229.7, 41.2%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868169

Analogous

#697d86

#696e86

#736986

Triadic

#696e86

#86696e

#6e8669

Split-complementary

#696e86

#867369

#7d8669

Tetradic

#696e86

#816986

#868169

#6e8669

Square

#696e86

#86697d

#868169

#698673

Shades

Color #696e86 mixed toward black.

#585c70

#464959

#353743

#23252d

#121216

Tints

Color #696e86 mixed toward white.

#81859c

#9a9eb0

#b3b6c3

#ccced7

#e6e7eb

Tones

Color #696e86 mixed toward gray.

#6c7084

#6e7181

#70737f

#73747c

#75767a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b81 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6b7f · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#697c7b · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696e86]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#696e86 (#696e86) is rgb(105, 110, 134) in RGB.

No, #696e86 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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