#697ca8

Color #697ca8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#697ca8

RGB

rgb(105, 124, 168)

HSL

hsl(221.9, 26.6%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.9, 37.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(52.11, 4.3, -25.67)

LCH

lch(52.11, 26.03, 279.51)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0715, 266.23)

HWB

hwb(221.9, 41.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89569

Analogous

#699ba8

#697ca8

#7569a8

Triadic

#697ca8

#a8697c

#7ca869

Split-complementary

#697ca8

#a87569

#9ba869

Tetradic

#697ca8

#9569a8

#a89569

#7ca869

Square

#697ca8

#a8699b

#a89569

#69a875

Shades

Color #697ca8 mixed toward black.

#536690

#435173

#323d56

#21293a

#11141d

Tints

Color #697ca8 mixed toward white.

#8292b6

#9ba8c5

#b4bdd3

#cdd3e2

#e6e9f0

Tones

Color #697ca8 mixed toward gray.

#6e7ea3

#73809d

#798298

#7e8493

#83868e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72729f · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#716f9c · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#6a9795 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #697ca8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#697ca8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#697ca8 (#697ca8) is rgb(105, 124, 168) in RGB.

No, #697ca8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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