#696fa2

Color #696fa2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#696fa2

RGB

rgb(105, 111, 162)

HSL

hsl(233.7, 23.5%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.7, 35.2%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(48.24, 10.42, -28.19)

LCH

lch(48.24, 30.05, 290.29)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0793, 278.33)

HWB

hwb(233.7, 41.2%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a29c69

Analogous

#698ca2

#696fa2

#8069a2

Triadic

#696fa2

#a2696f

#6fa269

Split-complementary

#696fa2

#a28069

#8ca269

Tetradic

#696fa2

#9c69a2

#a29c69

#6fa269

Square

#696fa2

#a2698c

#a29c69

#69a280

Shades

Color #696fa2 mixed toward black.

#555b8a

#44496e

#333653

#222437

#11121c

Tints

Color #696fa2 mixed toward white.

#8287b2

#9b9fc1

#b4b7d1

#cdcfe0

#e6e7f0

Tones

Color #696fa2 mixed toward gray.

#6e739d

#737799

#777a94

#7c7e8f

#81828a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c98 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6b6b95 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#698f8d · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696fa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696fa2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696fa2 (#696fa2) is rgb(105, 111, 162) in RGB.

No, #696fa2 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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