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#696EE7

#696ee7 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#696ee7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 43.14% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.55% cyan, 52.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 237.62°, with 72.41% 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 4.98:1 (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 luminance0.1992

Complementary

  1. #696ee7
  2. #e7e269

Split complementary

  1. #696ee7
  2. #e7a369
  3. #ade769

Analogous

  1. #69ade7
  2. #696ee7
  3. #a369e7

Triadic

  1. #696ee7
  2. #e7696e
  3. #6ee769

Tetradic

  1. #696ee7
  2. #e269e7
  3. #e7e269
  4. #6ee769

Square

  1. #696ee7
  2. #e769ad
  3. #e7e269
  4. #69e7a3

Monochromatic

  1. #191e9e
  2. #272edc
  3. #696ee7
  4. #abaef2
  5. #ededfc

Shades

#696ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #696ee7
  2. #5f63d0
  3. #5458b9
  4. #4a4da2
  5. #3f428b
  6. #353774
  7. #2a2c5c
  8. #202145
  9. #15162e
  10. #0b0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#696ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #696ee7
  2. #787de9
  3. #878bec
  4. #969aee
  5. #a5a8f1
  6. #b4b7f3
  7. #c3c5f5
  8. #d2d4f8
  9. #e1e2fa
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#696ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #696ee7
  2. #6b70dd
  3. #6e72d2
  4. #7073c8
  5. #7275be
  6. #7577b4
  7. #7779a9
  8. #797b9f
  9. #7b7c95
  10. #7e7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7476b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2981eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0d76e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2989a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b7aea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4573e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b7fc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-696ee7 {
  color: #696ee7;
}
Background
.bg-696ee7 {
  background-color: #696ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-696ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #696ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #696ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 110 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 72% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-696ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #696ee7, #a369e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-696ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 110 231 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.02 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.31 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.02 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.63 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.40 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.60 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.46 #969118 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#696ee7  rgb(105, 110, 231)  hsl(238, 72%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e7e269  rgb(231, 226, 105)  hsl(58, 72%, 66%)  Straw
#e7696e  rgb(231, 105, 110)  hsl(358, 72%, 66%)  Light Coral
#6ee769  rgb(110, 231, 105)  hsl(118, 72%, 66%)  Pastel Green