#6969cc

Color #6969cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.94 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6969cc

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 204)

HSL

hsl(240, 49.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 48.5%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.5%, 48.5%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(48.84, 26.45, -51.57)

LCH

lch(48.84, 57.96, 297.15)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.1492, 280.58)

HWB

hwb(240, 41.2%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cccc69

Analogous

#699bcc

#6969cc

#9b69cc

Triadic

#6969cc

#cc6969

#69cc69

Split-complementary

#6969cc

#cc9b69

#9bcc69

Tetradic

#6969cc

#cc69cc

#cccc69

#69cc69

Square

#6969cc

#cc699b

#cccc69

#69cc9b

Shades

Color #6969cc mixed toward black.

#4343bf

#34349a

#272773

#1a1a4d

#0d0d26

Tints

Color #6969cc mixed toward white.

#8282d5

#9b9bdd

#b4b4e6

#cdcdee

#e6e6f7

Tones

Color #6969cc mixed toward gray.

#7171c4

#7a7abc

#8282b3

#8a8aab

#9292a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.49:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969ba · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#6969b6 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#69aaa7 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6969cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6969cc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6969cc (#6969cc) is rgb(105, 105, 204) in RGB.

No, #6969cc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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