#699cea

Color #699cea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#699cea

RGB

rgb(105, 156, 234)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 75.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 55.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(63.93, 5.32, -44.46)

LCH

lch(63.93, 44.78, 276.82)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.128, 258.65)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 41.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab769

Analogous

#69dcea

#699cea

#7769ea

Triadic

#699cea

#ea699c

#9cea69

Split-complementary

#699cea

#ea7769

#dcea69

Tetradic

#699cea

#b769ea

#eab769

#9cea69

Square

#699cea

#ea69dc

#eab769

#69ea77

Shades

Color #699cea mixed toward black.

#387be3

#1c5fc6

#154795

#0e3063

#071832

Tints

Color #699cea mixed toward white.

#82aded

#9bbdf1

#b4cef4

#cddef8

#e6effb

Tones

Color #699cea mixed toward gray.

#749edf

#7fa1d5

#89a3ca

#94a5bf

#9fa7b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283da · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#7f7bd6 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#6ccdca · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #699cea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#699cea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#699cea (#699cea) is rgb(105, 156, 234) in RGB.

No, #699cea 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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