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#696FE5

#696fe5 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#696fe5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 43.53% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.15% cyan, 51.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 237.1°, with 70.45% saturation and 65.49% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2003

Complementary

  1. #696fe5
  2. #e5df69

Split complementary

  1. #696fe5
  2. #e5a169
  3. #ade569

Analogous

  1. #69ade5
  2. #696fe5
  3. #a169e5

Triadic

  1. #696fe5
  2. #e5696f
  3. #6fe569

Tetradic

  1. #696fe5
  2. #df69e5
  3. #e5df69
  4. #6fe569

Square

  1. #696fe5
  2. #e569ad
  3. #e5df69
  4. #69e5a1

Monochromatic

  1. #1b219a
  2. #2830da
  3. #696fe5
  4. #aaaef0
  5. #ebecfc

Shades

#696fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #696fe5
  2. #5f64ce
  3. #5459b7
  4. #4a4ea0
  5. #3f4389
  6. #353873
  7. #2a2c5c
  8. #202145
  9. #15162e
  10. #0b0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#696fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #696fe5
  2. #787de8
  3. #878cea
  4. #969aed
  5. #a5a9ef
  6. #b4b7f2
  7. #c3c5f5
  8. #d2d4f7
  9. #e1e2fa
  10. #f0f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#696fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #696fe5
  2. #6b71db
  3. #6e72d1
  4. #7074c7
  5. #7276bd
  6. #7578b3
  7. #7779a8
  8. #797b9e
  9. #7b7d94
  10. #7e7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7577b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2f81e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1a77e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2c8a9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d7ae8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4774e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4c80bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-696fe5 {
  color: #696fe5;
}
Background
.bg-696fe5 {
  background-color: #696fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-696fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #696fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #696fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 111 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 70% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-696fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #696fe5, #a169e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-696fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 111 229 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.31 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.46 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.99 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.81 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.62 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.17 #96901a Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#696fe5  rgb(105, 111, 229)  hsl(237, 70%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e5df69  rgb(229, 223, 105)  hsl(57, 70%, 65%)  Straw
#e5696f  rgb(229, 105, 111)  hsl(357, 70%, 65%)  Light Coral
#6fe569  rgb(111, 229, 105)  hsl(117, 70%, 65%)  Pastel Green