#698ac9

Color #698ac9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#698ac9

RGB

rgb(105, 138, 201)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 47.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 47.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(57.46, 5.65, -36.22)

LCH

lch(57.46, 36.66, 278.87)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1025, 262.66)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 41.2%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9a869

Analogous

#69bac9

#698ac9

#7869c9

Triadic

#698ac9

#c9698a

#8ac969

Split-complementary

#698ac9

#c97869

#bac969

Tetradic

#698ac9

#a869c9

#c9a869

#8ac969

Square

#698ac9

#c969ba

#c9a869

#69c978

Shades

Color #698ac9 mixed toward black.

#436dbc

#365796

#284171

#1b2b4b

#0d1626

Tints

Color #698ac9 mixed toward white.

#829dd2

#9bb1db

#b4c4e4

#cdd8ed

#e6ebf6

Tones

Color #698ac9 mixed toward gray.

#718cc1

#798fb9

#8191b1

#8994a9

#9196a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979bc · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#7774b9 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#6bb1af · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #698ac9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#698ac9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#698ac9 (#698ac9) is rgb(105, 138, 201) in RGB.

No, #698ac9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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