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#696EA9

#696ea9 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#696ea9 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 43.14% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.87% cyan, 34.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 235.31°, with 27.12% saturation and 53.73% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 9.39.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1702

Complementary

  1. #696ea9
  2. #a9a469

Split complementary

  1. #696ea9
  2. #a98469
  3. #8ea969

Analogous

  1. #698ea9
  2. #696ea9
  3. #8469a9

Triadic

  1. #696ea9
  2. #a9696e
  3. #6ea969

Tetradic

  1. #696ea9
  2. #a469a9
  3. #a9a469
  4. #6ea969

Square

  1. #696ea9
  2. #a9698e
  3. #a9a469
  4. #69a984

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2f4d
  2. #484c7e
  3. #696ea9
  4. #9a9dc5
  5. #cacce1

Shades

#696ea9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #696ea9
  2. #5f6398
  3. #545887
  4. #4a4d76
  5. #3f4265
  6. #353755
  7. #2a2c44
  8. #202133
  9. #151622
  10. #0b0b11
  11. #000000

Tints

#696ea9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #696ea9
  2. #787db2
  3. #878bba
  4. #969ac3
  5. #a5a8cb
  6. #b4b7d4
  7. #c3c5dd
  8. #d2d4e5
  9. #e1e2ee
  10. #f0f1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#696ea9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #696ea9
  2. #6b70a5
  3. #6e72a1
  4. #70739d
  5. #727599
  6. #757795
  7. #777990
  8. #797b8c
  9. #7b7c88
  10. #7e7e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f718c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b75ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5770a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #577984 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6172aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f6fa8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f7594 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-696ea9 {
  color: #696ea9;
}
Background
.bg-696ea9 {
  background-color: #696ea9;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-696ea9 {
  border: 2px solid #696ea9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #696ea9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 110 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 27% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-696ea9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #696ea9, #8469a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-696ea9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 110 169 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.39 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.55 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.97 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 10.62 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.31 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.46 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.59 #969156 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#696ea9  rgb(105, 110, 169)  hsl(235, 27%, 54%)  Glaucous
#a9a469  rgb(169, 164, 105)  hsl(55, 27%, 54%)  Dark Khaki
#a9696e  rgb(169, 105, 110)  hsl(355, 27%, 54%)  Rose Gold
#6ea969  rgb(110, 169, 105)  hsl(115, 27%, 54%)  Asparagus