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#6469EA

#6469ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6469ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.22% red, 41.18% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.26% cyan, 55.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 237.76°, with 76.14% saturation and 65.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1875

Complementary

  1. #6469ea
  2. #eae564

Split complementary

  1. #6469ea
  2. #eaa264
  3. #acea64

Analogous

  1. #64acea
  2. #6469ea
  3. #a264ea

Triadic

  1. #6469ea
  2. #ea6469
  3. #69ea64

Tetradic

  1. #6469ea
  2. #e564ea
  3. #eae564
  4. #69ea64

Square

  1. #6469ea
  2. #ea64ac
  3. #eae564
  4. #64eaa2

Monochromatic

  1. #161b9f
  2. #2128e1
  3. #6469ea
  4. #a7aaf3
  5. #ebebfc

Shades

#6469ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6469ea
  2. #5a5fd3
  3. #5054bb
  4. #464aa4
  5. #3c3f8c
  6. #323575
  7. #282a5e
  8. #1e2046
  9. #14152f
  10. #0a0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6469ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6469ea
  2. #7478ec
  3. #8387ee
  4. #9396f0
  5. #a2a5f2
  6. #b2b4f5
  7. #c1c3f7
  8. #d1d2f9
  9. #e0e1fb
  10. #f0f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6469ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6469ea
  2. #676bdf
  3. #6a6ed5
  4. #6c70ca
  5. #6f72c0
  6. #7275b5
  7. #7577aa
  8. #7879a0
  9. #7a7b95
  10. #7d7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7072b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007eee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #07879f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4076ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #386fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #417cc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6469ea {
  color: #6469ea;
}
Background
.bg-6469ea {
  background-color: #6469ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6469ea {
  border: 2px solid #6469ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6469ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 100 105 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6469ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6469ea, #a264ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6469ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(100 105 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.02 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.24 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.42 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.62 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.95 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.23 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.04 #9b9615 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6469ea  rgb(100, 105, 234)  hsl(238, 76%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae564  rgb(234, 229, 100)  hsl(58, 76%, 65%)  Straw
#ea6469  rgb(234, 100, 105)  hsl(358, 76%, 65%)  Pastel Red
#69ea64  rgb(105, 234, 100)  hsl(118, 76%, 65%)  Pastel Green