#696976

Color #696976

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.78 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#696976

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 118)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 11%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 11%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(44.82, 2.82, -7.24)

LCH

lch(44.82, 7.77, 291.28)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0203, 285.75)

HWB

hwb(240, 41.2%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767669

Analogous

#696f76

#696976

#6f6976

Triadic

#696976

#766969

#697669

Split-complementary

#696976

#766f69

#6f7669

Tetradic

#696976

#766976

#767669

#697669

Square

#696976

#76696f

#767669

#69766f

Shades

Color #696976 mixed toward black.

#575762

#46464f

#34343b

#232327

#111114

Tints

Color #696976 mixed toward white.

#80808e

#9a9aa5

#b3b3bb

#ccccd2

#e6e6e8

Tones

Color #696976 mixed toward gray.

#6a6a75

#6b6b74

#6c6c73

#6d6d72

#6e6e71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.88:1

White text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696973 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#696972 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#697170 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696976;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696976]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696976 (#696976) is rgb(105, 105, 118) in RGB.

No, #696976 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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