#697db9

Color #697db9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.8 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#697db9

RGB

rgb(105, 125, 185)

HSL

hsl(225, 36.4%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 43.2%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(53.14, 8.59, -33.88)

LCH

lch(53.14, 34.95, 284.23)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0949, 269.34)

HWB

hwb(225, 41.2%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9a569

Analogous

#69a5b9

#697db9

#7d69b9

Triadic

#697db9

#b9697d

#7db969

Split-complementary

#697db9

#b97d69

#a5b969

Tetradic

#697db9

#a569b9

#b9a569

#7db969

Square

#697db9

#b969a5

#b9a569

#69b97d

Shades

Color #697db9 mixed toward black.

#4d63a5

#3e4f84

#2e3b63

#1f2842

#0f1421

Tints

Color #697db9 mixed toward white.

#8293c5

#9ba8d0

#b4bedc

#cdd4e8

#e6e9f3

Tones

Color #697db9 mixed toward gray.

#7080b2

#7684ac

#7d87a5

#848a9e

#8a8e98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272ad · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#716faa · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#6aa3a0 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #697db9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#697db9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#697db9 (#697db9) is rgb(105, 125, 185) in RGB.

No, #697db9 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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