#697b9e

Color #697b9e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#697b9e

RGB

rgb(105, 123, 158)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 21.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 33.5%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(51.42, 2.13, -20.92)

LCH

lch(51.42, 21.03, 275.81)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0582, 263.49)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 41.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e8c69

Analogous

#69969e

#697b9e

#72699e

Triadic

#697b9e

#9e697b

#7b9e69

Split-complementary

#697b9e

#9e7269

#969e69

Tetradic

#697b9e

#8c699e

#9e8c69

#7b9e69

Square

#697b9e

#9e6996

#9e8c69

#699e72

Shades

Color #697b9e mixed toward black.

#566685

#45526b

#343d50

#222935

#11141b

Tints

Color #697b9e mixed toward white.

#8291ae

#9ba7be

#b4bdcf

#cdd3df

#e6e9ef

Tones

Color #697b9e mixed toward gray.

#6d7d9a

#727e95

#767f91

#7b818c

#7f8288

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717196 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#706f95 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#6a908f · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 14.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #697b9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#697b9e]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#697b9e (#697b9e) is rgb(105, 123, 158) in RGB.

No, #697b9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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