#6973c5

Color #6973c5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6973c5

RGB

rgb(105, 115, 197)

HSL

hsl(233.5, 44.2%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.5, 46.7%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 41.6%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(51.03, 18.22, -44.07)

LCH

lch(51.03, 47.69, 292.46)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1254, 276.55)

HWB

hwb(233.5, 41.2%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c5bb69

Analogous

#69a1c5

#6973c5

#8d69c5

Triadic

#6973c5

#c56973

#73c569

Split-complementary

#6973c5

#c58d69

#a1c569

Tetradic

#6973c5

#bb69c5

#c5bb69

#73c569

Square

#6973c5

#c569a1

#c5bb69

#69c58d

Shades

Color #6973c5 mixed toward black.

#4652b5

#384291

#2a316d

#1c2149

#0e1024

Tints

Color #6973c5 mixed toward white.

#828acf

#9ba2d8

#b4b9e2

#cdd0ec

#e6e8f5

Tones

Color #6973c5 mixed toward gray.

#7179bd

#787fb6

#8085ae

#888ba6

#8f919f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6eb5 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6d6cb1 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#6aa8a5 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6973c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6973c5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6973c5 (#6973c5) is rgb(105, 115, 197) in RGB.

No, #6973c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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