#699be3

Color #699be3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#699be3

RGB

rgb(105, 155, 227)

HSL

hsl(215.4, 68.5%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.4, 53.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(63.33, 3.72, -41.54)

LCH

lch(63.33, 41.71, 275.12)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1198, 257.52)

HWB

hwb(215.4, 41.2%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3b169

Analogous

#69d8e3

#699be3

#7469e3

Triadic

#699be3

#e3699b

#9be369

Split-complementary

#699be3

#e37469

#d8e369

Tetradic

#699be3

#b169e3

#e3b169

#9be369

Square

#699be3

#e369d8

#e3b169

#69e374

Shades

Color #699be3 mixed toward black.

#3a7cda

#2361ba

#1a498c

#11315d

#09182f

Tints

Color #699be3 mixed toward white.

#82ace8

#9bbcec

#b4cdf1

#cddef6

#e6eefa

Tones

Color #699be3 mixed toward gray.

#739dd9

#7d9fcf

#88a1c4

#92a2ba

#9ca4b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282d4 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#7f7bd1 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#6cc8c5 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #699be3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#699be3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#699be3 (#699be3) is rgb(105, 155, 227) in RGB.

No, #699be3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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