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#696FF6

#696ff6 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#696ff6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 43.53% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.32% cyan, 54.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 237.45°, with 88.68% saturation and 68.82% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2103

Complementary

  1. #696ff6
  2. #f6f069

Split complementary

  1. #696ff6
  2. #f6a969
  3. #b5f669

Analogous

  1. #69b5f6
  2. #696ff6
  3. #a969f6

Triadic

  1. #696ff6
  2. #f6696f
  3. #6ff669

Tetradic

  1. #696ff6
  2. #f069f6
  3. #f6f069
  4. #6ff669

Square

  1. #696ff6
  2. #f669b5
  3. #f6f069
  4. #69f6a9

Monochromatic

  1. #0b13bb
  2. #212af2
  3. #696ff6
  4. #b1b4fa
  5. #ecedfe

Shades

#696ff6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #696ff6
  2. #5f64dd
  3. #5459c5
  4. #4a4eac
  5. #3f4394
  6. #35387b
  7. #2a2c62
  8. #20214a
  9. #151631
  10. #0b0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#696ff6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #696ff6
  2. #787df7
  3. #878cf8
  4. #969af9
  5. #a5a9fa
  6. #b4b7fb
  7. #c3c5fb
  8. #d2d4fc
  9. #e1e2fd
  10. #f0f1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#696ff6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #696ff6
  2. #6b71ea
  3. #6e72de
  4. #7074d3
  5. #7276c7
  6. #7578bb
  7. #7779af
  8. #797ba3
  9. #7b7d98
  10. #7e7e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7679bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #018fa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #437cf9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b75f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4383cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-696ff6 {
  color: #696ff6;
}
Background
.bg-696ff6 {
  background-color: #696ff6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-696ff6 {
  border: 2px solid #696ff6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #696ff6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 111 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 89% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-696ff6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #696ff6, #a969f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-696ff6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 111 246 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.07 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.49 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.85 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.16 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.08 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.12 #969009 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#696ff6  rgb(105, 111, 246)  hsl(237, 89%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#f6f069  rgb(246, 240, 105)  hsl(57, 89%, 69%)  Icterine
#f6696f  rgb(246, 105, 111)  hsl(357, 89%, 69%)  Pastel Red
#6ff669  rgb(111, 246, 105)  hsl(117, 89%, 69%)  Spring Green