#69696d

Color #69696d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.4 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#69696d

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 109)

HSL

hsl(240, 1.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 3.7%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(44.53, 0.84, -2.24)

LCH

lch(44.53, 2.39, 290.56)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0062, 285.82)

HWB

hwb(240, 41.2%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d6d69

Analogous

#696b6d

#69696d

#6b696d

Triadic

#69696d

#6d6969

#696d69

Split-complementary

#69696d

#6d6b69

#6b6d69

Tetradic

#69696d

#6d696d

#6d6d69

#696d69

Square

#69696d

#6d696b

#6d6d69

#696d6b

Shades

Color #69696d mixed toward black.

#58585b

#464649

#353537

#232324

#121212

Tints

Color #69696d mixed toward white.

#818186

#9b9b9e

#b4b4b6

#cdcdcf

#e6e6e7

Tones

Color #69696d mixed toward gray.

#69696d

#6a6a6c

#6b6b6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69696c · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#69696c · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#696b6b · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 2.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #69696d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#69696d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#69696d (#69696d) is rgb(105, 105, 109) in RGB.

No, #69696d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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