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#6966EA

#6966ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6966ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.13% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 241.36°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.15.

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Relative luminance0.1845

Complementary

  1. #6966ea
  2. #e7ea66

Split complementary

  1. #6966ea
  2. #eaab66
  3. #a5ea66

Analogous

  1. #66a5ea
  2. #6966ea
  3. #ab66ea

Triadic

  1. #6966ea
  2. #ea6966
  3. #66ea69

Tetradic

  1. #6966ea
  2. #ea66e7
  3. #e7ea66
  4. #66ea69

Square

  1. #6966ea
  2. #ea66a5
  3. #e7ea66
  4. #66eaab

Monochromatic

  1. #1916a1
  2. #2723e1
  3. #6966ea
  4. #aba9f3
  5. #ededfc

Shades

#6966ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6966ea
  2. #5f5cd3
  3. #5452bb
  4. #4a47a4
  5. #3f3d8c
  6. #353375
  7. #2a295e
  8. #201f46
  9. #15142f
  10. #0b0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6966ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6966ea
  2. #7875ec
  3. #8785ee
  4. #9694f0
  5. #a5a3f2
  6. #b4b3f5
  7. #c3c2f7
  8. #d2d1f9
  9. #e1e0fb
  10. #f0f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6966ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6966ea
  2. #6b69df
  3. #6e6bd5
  4. #706eca
  5. #7270c0
  6. #7573b5
  7. #7776aa
  8. #7978a0
  9. #7b7b95
  10. #7e7d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7271b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #27859e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4174ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b6de8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4a7ac1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6966ea {
  color: #6966ea;
}
Background
.bg-6966ea {
  background-color: #6966ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6966ea {
  border: 2px solid #6966ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6966ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6966ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6966ea, #ab66ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6966ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.15 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.10 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.74 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.47 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.04 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.30 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.75 #969915 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6966ea  rgb(105, 102, 234)  hsl(241, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e7ea66  rgb(231, 234, 102)  hsl(61, 76%, 66%)  Icterine
#ea6966  rgb(234, 105, 102)  hsl(1, 76%, 66%)  Pastel Red
#66ea69  rgb(102, 234, 105)  hsl(121, 76%, 66%)  Pastel Green