#696c81

Color #696c81

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#696c81

RGB

rgb(105, 108, 129)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 10.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 18.6%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(46.06, 3.6, -11.98)

LCH

lch(46.06, 12.51, 286.73)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.033, 278.89)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 41.2%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#817e69

Analogous

#697881

#696c81

#726981

Triadic

#696c81

#81696c

#6c8169

Split-complementary

#696c81

#817269

#788169

Tetradic

#696c81

#7e6981

#817e69

#6c8169

Square

#696c81

#816978

#817e69

#698172

Shades

Color #696c81 mixed toward black.

#575a6c

#464856

#343641

#23242b

#111216

Tints

Color #696c81 mixed toward white.

#808398

#9a9cad

#b3b5c1

#cccdd6

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #696c81 mixed toward gray.

#6b6e7f

#6d6f7d

#6f717b

#717279

#737477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.06:1

White text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a7c · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#6a6a7b · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#697878 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696c81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696c81]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#696c81 (#696c81) is rgb(105, 108, 129) in RGB.

No, #696c81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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