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#697AED

#697aed ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#697aed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 47.84% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.7% cyan, 48.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 232.27°, with 78.57% saturation and 67.06% 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 5.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 7.08.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2304

Complementary

  1. #697aed
  2. #eddc69

Split complementary

  1. #697aed
  2. #ed9a69
  3. #bced69

Analogous

  1. #69bced
  2. #697aed
  3. #9a69ed

Triadic

  1. #697aed
  2. #ed697a
  3. #7aed69

Tetradic

  1. #697aed
  2. #dc69ed
  3. #eddc69
  4. #7aed69

Square

  1. #697aed
  2. #ed69bc
  3. #eddc69
  4. #69ed9a

Monochromatic

  1. #1427a9
  2. #253de5
  3. #697aed
  4. #adb7f5
  5. #edeffd

Shades

#697aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #697aed
  2. #5f6ed5
  3. #5462be
  4. #4a55a6
  5. #3f498e
  6. #353d77
  7. #2a315f
  8. #202547
  9. #15182f
  10. #0b0c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#697aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #697aed
  2. #7887ef
  3. #8795f1
  4. #96a2f2
  5. #a5aff4
  6. #b4bdf6
  7. #c3caf8
  8. #d2d7fa
  9. #e1e4fb
  10. #f0f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#697aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #697aed
  2. #6b7be2
  3. #6e7bd7
  4. #707ccc
  5. #727cc1
  6. #757db7
  7. #777eac
  8. #797ea1
  9. #7b7f96
  10. #7e7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a80b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #418af1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d7feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1b94a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5484f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c7dec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #478ac7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-697aed {
  color: #697aed;
}
Background
.bg-697aed {
  background-color: #697aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-697aed {
  border: 2px solid #697aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #697aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 122 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 79% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-697aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697aed, #9a69ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-697aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 122 237 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.08 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.40 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.50 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.62 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.64 #968512 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#697aed  rgb(105, 122, 237)  hsl(232, 79%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eddc69  rgb(237, 220, 105)  hsl(52, 79%, 67%)  Straw
#ed697a  rgb(237, 105, 122)  hsl(352, 79%, 67%)  Light Coral
#7aed69  rgb(122, 237, 105)  hsl(112, 79%, 67%)  Pastel Green