#699bea

Color #699bea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#699bea

RGB

rgb(105, 155, 234)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 75.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 55.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(63.66, 5.9, -44.89)

LCH

lch(63.66, 45.28, 277.49)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1291, 259.24)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 41.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab869

Analogous

#69dcea

#699bea

#7869ea

Triadic

#699bea

#ea699b

#9bea69

Split-complementary

#699bea

#ea7869

#dcea69

Tetradic

#699bea

#b869ea

#eab869

#9bea69

Square

#699bea

#ea69dc

#eab869

#69ea78

Shades

Color #699bea mixed toward black.

#387ae3

#1c5ec6

#154795

#0e2f63

#071832

Tints

Color #699bea mixed toward white.

#82aced

#9bbcf1

#b4cdf4

#cddef8

#e6eefb

Tones

Color #699bea mixed toward gray.

#749edf

#7fa0d5

#89a2ca

#94a5bf

#9fa7b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282da · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#7f7bd6 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#6ccdca · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #699bea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#699bea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#699bea (#699bea) is rgb(105, 155, 234) in RGB.

No, #699bea 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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