#696eb8

Color #696eb8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.94 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#696eb8

RGB

rgb(105, 110, 184)

HSL

hsl(236.2, 35.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.2, 42.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 40.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(49.03, 17.36, -39.76)

LCH

lch(49.03, 43.38, 293.59)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.1136, 279.17)

HWB

hwb(236.2, 41.2%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b369

Analogous

#6996b8

#696eb8

#8c69b8

Triadic

#696eb8

#b8696e

#6eb869

Split-complementary

#696eb8

#b88c69

#96b869

Tetradic

#696eb8

#b369b8

#b8b369

#6eb869

Square

#696eb8

#b86996

#b8b369

#69b88c

Shades

Color #696eb8 mixed toward black.

#4d53a4

#3e4283

#2e3262

#1f2141

#0f1121

Tints

Color #696eb8 mixed toward white.

#8286c4

#9b9ed0

#b4b7dc

#cdcfe7

#e6e7f3

Tones

Color #696eb8 mixed toward gray.

#7074b1

#767aab

#7d7fa4

#83859e

#8a8b97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6baa · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6b6ba6 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#699d9b · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696eb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696eb8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696eb8 (#696eb8) is rgb(105, 110, 184) in RGB.

No, #696eb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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