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#697CA2

#697ca2 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#697ca2 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 48.63% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.19% cyan, 23.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 23.46% saturation and 52.35% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.91.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2003

Complementary

  1. #697ca2
  2. #a28f69

Split complementary

  1. #697ca2
  2. #a27269
  3. #98a269

Analogous

  1. #6998a2
  2. #697ca2
  3. #7269a2

Triadic

  1. #697ca2
  2. #a2697c
  3. #7ca269

Tetradic

  1. #697ca2
  2. #8f69a2
  3. #a28f69
  4. #7ca269

Square

  1. #697ca2
  2. #a26998
  3. #a28f69
  4. #69a272

Monochromatic

  1. #2c3546
  2. #495876
  3. #697ca2
  4. #98a5bf
  5. #c7cedd

Shades

#697ca2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #697ca2
  2. #5f7092
  3. #546382
  4. #4a5771
  5. #3f4a61
  6. #353e51
  7. #2a3241
  8. #202531
  9. #151920
  10. #0b0c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#697ca2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #697ca2
  2. #7889ab
  3. #8796b5
  4. #96a3be
  5. #a5b0c7
  6. #b4bed1
  7. #c3cbda
  8. #d2d8e3
  9. #e1e5ec
  10. #f0f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#697ca2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #697ca2
  2. #6b7c9f
  3. #6e7d9b
  4. #707d98
  5. #727e94
  6. #757e91
  7. #777e8e
  8. #797f8a
  9. #7b7f87
  10. #7e8083
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #757c8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f7fa4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a79a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #588489 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d7ea3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #697aa1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f8194 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-697ca2 {
  color: #697ca2;
}
Background
.bg-697ca2 {
  background-color: #697ca2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-697ca2 {
  border: 2px solid #697ca2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #697ca2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 124 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 23% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-697ca2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697ca2, #7269a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-697ca2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 124 162 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.91 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.93 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.93 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.56 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.56 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.84 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.07 #96835d Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#697ca2  rgb(105, 124, 162)  hsl(220, 23%, 52%)  Glaucous
#a28f69  rgb(162, 143, 105)  hsl(40, 23%, 52%)  Camel
#a2697c  rgb(162, 105, 124)  hsl(340, 23%, 52%)  Mauve Taupe
#7ca269  rgb(124, 162, 105)  hsl(100, 23%, 52%)  Asparagus