#696d81

Color #696d81

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.34 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#696d81

RGB

rgb(105, 109, 129)

HSL

hsl(230, 10.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 18.6%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(46.35, 3, -11.55)

LCH

lch(46.35, 11.93, 284.56)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0316, 276.36)

HWB

hwb(230, 41.2%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#817d69

Analogous

#697981

#696d81

#716981

Triadic

#696d81

#81696d

#6d8169

Split-complementary

#696d81

#817169

#798169

Tetradic

#696d81

#7d6981

#817d69

#6d8169

Square

#696d81

#816979

#817d69

#698171

Shades

Color #696d81 mixed toward black.

#575b6c

#464956

#343741

#23242b

#111216

Tints

Color #696d81 mixed toward white.

#808498

#9a9dad

#b3b5c1

#ccced6

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #696d81 mixed toward gray.

#6b6e7f

#6d707d

#6f717b

#717279

#737477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b7d · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#6b6a7b · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#697978 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696d81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696d81]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#696d81 (#696d81) is rgb(105, 109, 129) in RGB.

No, #696d81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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