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#696CA5

#696ca5 ≈ Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#696ca5 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 42.35% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.36% cyan, 34.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 35.29% black. Its hue angle is 237°, with 25% saturation and 52.94% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Blue (#6a5acd), ΔE 9.66.

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Relative luminance0.1644

Complementary

  1. #696ca5
  2. #a5a269

Split complementary

  1. #696ca5
  2. #a58469
  3. #8aa569

Analogous

  1. #698aa5
  2. #696ca5
  3. #8469a5

Triadic

  1. #696ca5
  2. #a5696c
  3. #6ca569

Tetradic

  1. #696ca5
  2. #a269a5
  3. #a5a269
  4. #6ca569

Square

  1. #696ca5
  2. #a5698a
  3. #a5a269
  4. #69a584

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2d49
  2. #494b79
  3. #696ca5
  4. #999bc2
  5. #c9cade

Shades

#696ca5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #696ca5
  2. #5f6195
  3. #545684
  4. #4a4c74
  5. #3f4163
  6. #353653
  7. #2a2b42
  8. #202032
  9. #151621
  10. #0b0b11
  11. #000000

Tints

#696ca5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #696ca5
  2. #787bae
  3. #8789b7
  4. #9698c0
  5. #a5a7c9
  6. #b4b6d2
  7. #c3c4db
  8. #d2d3e4
  9. #e1e2ed
  10. #f0f0f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#696ca5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #696ca5
  2. #6b6ea1
  3. #6e709e
  4. #70729a
  5. #727496
  6. #757693
  7. #77788f
  8. #797a8b
  9. #7b7c87
  10. #7e7e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e6f89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a73a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #576fa4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #587781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6070a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f6ea4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f7391 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-696ca5 {
  color: #696ca5;
}
Background
.bg-696ca5 {
  background-color: #696ca5;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-696ca5 {
  border: 2px solid #696ca5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #696ca5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 108 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 25% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-696ca5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #696ca5, #8469a5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-696ca5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 108 165 / 0.35);
}

#6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.66 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 10.29 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.36 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.98 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.32 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 11.38 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.07 #96935a Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Slate Blue
#696ca5  rgb(105, 108, 165)  hsl(237, 25%, 53%)  Slate Blue
#a5a269  rgb(165, 162, 105)  hsl(57, 25%, 53%)  Moss Green
#a5696c  rgb(165, 105, 108)  hsl(357, 25%, 53%)  Copper Rose
#6ca569  rgb(108, 165, 105)  hsl(117, 25%, 53%)  Asparagus