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#6970EA

#6970ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6970ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 43.92% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.13% cyan, 52.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 236.74°, with 75.44% saturation and 66.47% 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 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2053

Complementary

  1. #6970ea
  2. #eae369

Split complementary

  1. #6970ea
  2. #eaa269
  3. #b1ea69

Analogous

  1. #69b1ea
  2. #6970ea
  3. #a269ea

Triadic

  1. #6970ea
  2. #ea6970
  3. #70ea69

Tetradic

  1. #6970ea
  2. #e369ea
  3. #eae369
  4. #70ea69

Square

  1. #6970ea
  2. #ea69b1
  3. #eae369
  4. #69eaa2

Monochromatic

  1. #171ea3
  2. #2630e1
  3. #6970ea
  4. #acb0f3
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#6970ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6970ea
  2. #5f65d3
  3. #545abb
  4. #4a4ea4
  5. #3f438c
  6. #353875
  7. #2a2d5e
  8. #202246
  9. #15162f
  10. #0b0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6970ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6970ea
  2. #787eec
  3. #878dee
  4. #969bf0
  5. #a5a9f2
  6. #b4b8f5
  7. #c3c6f7
  8. #d2d4f9
  9. #e1e2fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6970ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6970ea
  2. #6b72df
  3. #6e73d5
  4. #7075ca
  5. #7276c0
  6. #7578b5
  7. #777aaa
  8. #797ba0
  9. #7b7d95
  10. #7e7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7678b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2a83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0c78e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #248ca2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b7ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4575e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4982c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6970ea {
  color: #6970ea;
}
Background
.bg-6970ea {
  background-color: #6970ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6970ea {
  border: 2px solid #6970ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6970ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 112 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 75% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6970ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6970ea, #a269ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6970ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 112 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.34 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.48 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.22 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.14 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.44 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.76 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.20 #968f15 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6970ea  rgb(105, 112, 234)  hsl(237, 75%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae369  rgb(234, 227, 105)  hsl(57, 75%, 66%)  Straw
#ea6970  rgb(234, 105, 112)  hsl(357, 75%, 66%)  Light Coral
#70ea69  rgb(112, 234, 105)  hsl(117, 75%, 66%)  Pastel Green