#696c85

Color #696c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#696c85

RGB

rgb(105, 108, 133)

HSL

hsl(233.6, 11.8%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.6, 21.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(46.21, 4.57, -14.15)

LCH

lch(46.21, 14.87, 287.9)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0391, 279.56)

HWB

hwb(233.6, 41.2%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#858269

Analogous

#697a85

#696c85

#746985

Triadic

#696c85

#85696c

#6c8569

Split-complementary

#696c85

#857469

#7a8569

Tetradic

#696c85

#826985

#858269

#6c8569

Square

#696c85

#85697a

#858269

#698574

Shades

Color #696c85 mixed toward black.

#585a6f

#464859

#353643

#23242c

#121216

Tints

Color #696c85 mixed toward white.

#80839b

#9a9caf

#b3b5c3

#cccdd7

#e6e6eb

Tones

Color #696c85 mixed toward gray.

#6b6e83

#6e7080

#70727e

#72737c

#757579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a80 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#6a6a7e · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#697b7a · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696c85]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#696c85 (#696c85) is rgb(105, 108, 133) in RGB.

No, #696c85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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