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#6972EA

#6972ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6972ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 44.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.13% cyan, 51.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 235.81°, 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 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2098

Complementary

  1. #6972ea
  2. #eae169

Split complementary

  1. #6972ea
  2. #eaa069
  3. #b3ea69

Analogous

  1. #69b3ea
  2. #6972ea
  3. #a069ea

Triadic

  1. #6972ea
  2. #ea6972
  3. #72ea69

Tetradic

  1. #6972ea
  2. #e169ea
  3. #eae169
  4. #72ea69

Square

  1. #6972ea
  2. #ea69b3
  3. #eae169
  4. #69eaa0

Monochromatic

  1. #1721a3
  2. #2633e1
  3. #6972ea
  4. #acb1f3
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#6972ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6972ea
  2. #5f67d3
  3. #545bbb
  4. #4a50a4
  5. #3f448c
  6. #353975
  7. #2a2e5e
  8. #202246
  9. #15172f
  10. #0b0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6972ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6972ea
  2. #7880ec
  3. #878eee
  4. #969cf0
  5. #a5aaf2
  6. #b4b9f5
  7. #c3c7f7
  8. #d2d5f9
  9. #e1e3fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6972ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6972ea
  2. #6b73df
  3. #6e75d5
  4. #7076ca
  5. #7278c0
  6. #7579b5
  7. #777aaa
  8. #797ca0
  9. #7b7d95
  10. #7e7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #767ab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3084ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1879e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #248da3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d7ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4676e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4983c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6972ea {
  color: #6972ea;
}
Background
.bg-6972ea {
  background-color: #6972ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6972ea {
  border: 2px solid #6972ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6972ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 114 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 75% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6972ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6972ea, #a069ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6972ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 114 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.83 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.77 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.36 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.98 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.76 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.93 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.05 #968d15 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6972ea  rgb(105, 114, 234)  hsl(236, 75%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae169  rgb(234, 225, 105)  hsl(56, 75%, 66%)  Straw
#ea6972  rgb(234, 105, 114)  hsl(356, 75%, 66%)  Light Coral
#72ea69  rgb(114, 234, 105)  hsl(116, 75%, 66%)  Pastel Green