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#69799D

#69799d ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#69799d is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 47.45% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.12% cyan, 22.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.43% black. Its hue angle is 221.54°, with 20.97% saturation and 51.37% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 6.32.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1911

Complementary

  1. #69799d
  2. #9d8d69

Split complementary

  1. #69799d
  2. #9d7369
  3. #939d69

Analogous

  1. #69939d
  2. #69799d
  3. #73699d

Triadic

  1. #69799d
  2. #9d6979
  3. #799d69

Tetradic

  1. #69799d
  2. #8d699d
  3. #9d8d69
  4. #799d69

Square

  1. #69799d
  2. #9d6993
  3. #9d8d69
  4. #699d73

Monochromatic

  1. #2b3242
  2. #495570
  3. #69799d
  4. #97a2bb
  5. #c6ccd9

Shades

#69799d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #69799d
  2. #5f6d8d
  3. #54617e
  4. #4a556e
  5. #3f495e
  6. #353d4f
  7. #2a303f
  8. #20242f
  9. #15181f
  10. #0b0c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#69799d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #69799d
  2. #7886a7
  3. #8794b1
  4. #96a1ba
  5. #a5afc4
  6. #b4bcce
  7. #c3c9d8
  8. #d2d7e2
  9. #e1e4eb
  10. #f0f2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#69799d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #69799d
  2. #6b7a9a
  3. #6e7a97
  4. #707b94
  5. #727c91
  6. #757d8f
  7. #777d8c
  8. #797e89
  9. #7b7f86
  10. #7e7f83
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #737989 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d7c9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #68779c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5a8085 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c7b9e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69789c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #607d8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-69799d {
  color: #69799d;
}
Background
.bg-69799d {
  background-color: #69799d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-69799d {
  border: 2px solid #69799d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #69799d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 121 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 21% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-69799d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #69799d, #73699d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-69799d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 121 157 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.32 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.07 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.07 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.08 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.08 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.15 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.96 #968662 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#69799d  rgb(105, 121, 157)  hsl(222, 21%, 51%)  Glaucous
#9d8d69  rgb(157, 141, 105)  hsl(42, 21%, 51%)  Camel
#9d6979  rgb(157, 105, 121)  hsl(342, 21%, 51%)  Mauve Taupe
#799d69  rgb(121, 157, 105)  hsl(102, 21%, 51%)  Asparagus