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#697CBA

#697cba ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#697cba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 48.63% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.55% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 225.93°, with 36.99% saturation and 57.06% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 4.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2096

Complementary

  1. #697cba
  2. #baa769

Split complementary

  1. #697cba
  2. #ba7f69
  3. #a4ba69

Analogous

  1. #69a4ba
  2. #697cba
  3. #7f69ba

Triadic

  1. #697cba
  2. #ba697c
  3. #7cba69

Tetradic

  1. #697cba
  2. #a769ba
  3. #baa769
  4. #7cba69

Square

  1. #697cba
  2. #ba69a4
  3. #baa769
  4. #69ba7f

Monochromatic

  1. #2b375f
  2. #445693
  3. #697cba
  4. #9daad2
  5. #d2d8ea

Shades

#697cba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #697cba
  2. #5f70a7
  3. #546395
  4. #4a5782
  5. #3f4a70
  6. #353e5d
  7. #2a324a
  8. #202538
  9. #151925
  10. #0b0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#697cba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #697cba
  2. #7889c1
  3. #8796c8
  4. #96a3cf
  5. #a5b0d6
  6. #b4bedd
  7. #c3cbe3
  8. #d2d8ea
  9. #e1e5f1
  10. #f0f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#697cba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #697cba
  2. #6b7cb4
  3. #6e7dae
  4. #707da9
  5. #727ea3
  6. #757e9d
  7. #777e97
  8. #797f91
  9. #7b7f8c
  10. #7e8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #767d9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6682bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f7bb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4d8992 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6780bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #637bb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5984a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-697cba {
  color: #697cba;
}
Background
.bg-697cba {
  background-color: #697cba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-697cba {
  border: 2px solid #697cba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #697cba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 124 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 37% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-697cba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697cba, #7f69ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-697cba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 124 186 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.00 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.14 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.30 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.37 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 10.45 #968345 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Glaucous
#697cba  rgb(105, 124, 186)  hsl(226, 37%, 57%)  Glaucous
#baa769  rgb(186, 167, 105)  hsl(46, 37%, 57%)  Ecru
#ba697c  rgb(186, 105, 124)  hsl(346, 37%, 57%)  Rose Gold
#7cba69  rgb(124, 186, 105)  hsl(106, 37%, 57%)  Mantis