#698ec5

Color #698ec5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#698ec5

RGB

rgb(105, 142, 197)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 44.2%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 46.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(58.39, 2.12, -32.5)

LCH

lch(58.39, 32.57, 273.73)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.0929, 258.13)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 41.2%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5a069

Analogous

#69bcc5

#698ec5

#7269c5

Triadic

#698ec5

#c5698e

#8ec569

Split-complementary

#698ec5

#c57269

#bcc569

Tetradic

#698ec5

#a069c5

#c5a069

#8ec569

Square

#698ec5

#c569bc

#c5a069

#69c572

Shades

Color #698ec5 mixed toward black.

#4673b5

#385c91

#2a456d

#1c2e49

#0e1724

Tints

Color #698ec5 mixed toward white.

#82a1cf

#9bb4d8

#b4c6e2

#cdd9ec

#e6ecf5

Tones

Color #698ec5 mixed toward gray.

#718fbd

#7891b6

#8092ae

#8894a6

#8f959f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bba · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#7976b7 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#6bb0ae · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #698ec5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#698ec5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#698ec5 (#698ec5) is rgb(105, 142, 197) in RGB.

No, #698ec5 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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