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#65697E

#65697e ≈ Old Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#65697e is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 39.61% red, 41.18% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.84% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black. Its hue angle is 230.4°, with 11.01% saturation and 44.51% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 9.42.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1438

Complementary

  1. #65697e
  2. #7e7a65

Split complementary

  1. #65697e
  2. #7e6e65
  3. #757e65

Analogous

  1. #65757e
  2. #65697e
  3. #6e657e

Triadic

  1. #65697e
  2. #7e6569
  3. #697e65

Tetradic

  1. #65697e
  2. #7a657e
  3. #7e7a65
  4. #697e65

Square

  1. #65697e
  2. #7e6575
  3. #7e7a65
  4. #657e6e

Monochromatic

  1. #212229
  2. #434654
  3. #65697e
  4. #8c90a3
  5. #b7b9c5

Shades

#65697e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #65697e
  2. #5b5f71
  3. #515465
  4. #474a58
  5. #3d3f4c
  6. #33353f
  7. #282a32
  8. #1e2026
  9. #141519
  10. #0a0b0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#65697e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #65697e
  2. #74788b
  3. #848798
  4. #9396a5
  5. #a3a5b2
  6. #b2b4bf
  7. #c1c3cb
  8. #d1d2d8
  9. #e0e1e5
  10. #f0f0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#65697e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #65697e
  2. #686b7e
  3. #6a6e7e
  4. #6d707f
  5. #70727f
  6. #73757f
  7. #75777f
  8. #78797f
  9. #7b7b80
  10. #7d7e80
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #686a72 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #636b7f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #62697d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f6d70 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #646a7f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63697e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #626b76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-65697e {
  color: #65697e;
}
Background
.bg-65697e {
  background-color: #65697e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-65697e {
  border: 2px solid #65697e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #65697e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 101 105 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 11% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-65697e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #65697e, #6e657e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-65697e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(101 105 126 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.42 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 10.13 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 10.13 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.69 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 10.69 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 11.55 #555555 Davy's Gray ΔE 12.68 #9a9681 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#65697e  rgb(101, 105, 126)  hsl(230, 11%, 45%)  Old Lavender
#7e7a65  rgb(126, 122, 101)  hsl(50, 11%, 45%)  Battleship Gray
#7e6569  rgb(126, 101, 105)  hsl(350, 11%, 45%)  Old Lavender
#697e65  rgb(105, 126, 101)  hsl(110, 11%, 45%)  Xanadu