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#6973EA

#6973ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6973ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 45.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.13% cyan, 50.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 235.35°, 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 5.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2121

Complementary

  1. #6973ea
  2. #eae069

Split complementary

  1. #6973ea
  2. #eaa069
  3. #b3ea69

Analogous

  1. #69b3ea
  2. #6973ea
  3. #a069ea

Triadic

  1. #6973ea
  2. #ea6973
  3. #73ea69

Tetradic

  1. #6973ea
  2. #e069ea
  3. #eae069
  4. #73ea69

Square

  1. #6973ea
  2. #ea69b3
  3. #eae069
  4. #69eaa0

Monochromatic

  1. #1722a3
  2. #2634e1
  3. #6973ea
  4. #acb2f3
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#6973ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6973ea
  2. #5f68d3
  3. #545cbb
  4. #4a51a4
  5. #3f458c
  6. #353a75
  7. #2a2e5e
  8. #202346
  9. #15172f
  10. #0b0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6973ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6973ea
  2. #7881ec
  3. #878fee
  4. #969df0
  5. #a5abf2
  6. #b4b9f5
  7. #c3c7f7
  8. #d2d5f9
  9. #e1e3fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6973ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6973ea
  2. #6b74df
  3. #6e76d5
  4. #7077ca
  5. #7278c0
  6. #757ab5
  7. #777baa
  8. #797ca0
  9. #7b7d95
  10. #7e7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #777ab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3384ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1c7ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #238ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e7eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4777e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4984c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6973ea {
  color: #6973ea;
}
Background
.bg-6973ea {
  background-color: #6973ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6973ea {
  border: 2px solid #6973ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6973ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 115 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 75% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6973ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6973ea, #a069ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6973ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 115 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.10 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.94 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.46 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.93 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.54 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.36 #968c15 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6973ea  rgb(105, 115, 234)  hsl(235, 75%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae069  rgb(234, 224, 105)  hsl(55, 75%, 66%)  Straw
#ea6973  rgb(234, 105, 115)  hsl(355, 75%, 66%)  Light Coral
#73ea69  rgb(115, 234, 105)  hsl(115, 75%, 66%)  Pastel Green