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#697E86

#697e86 ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#697e86 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 49.41% green and 52.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.64% cyan, 5.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.45% black. Its hue angle is 196.55°, with 12.13% saturation and 46.86% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1965

Complementary

  1. #697e86
  2. #867169

Split complementary

  1. #697e86
  2. #86696f
  3. #867f69

Analogous

  1. #69867f
  2. #697e86
  3. #696f86

Triadic

  1. #697e86
  2. #86697e
  3. #7e8669

Tetradic

  1. #697e86
  2. #716986
  3. #867169
  4. #7e8669

Square

  1. #697e86
  2. #7f6986
  3. #867169
  4. #6f8669

Monochromatic

  1. #262d30
  2. #47565b
  3. #697e86
  4. #92a3aa
  5. #bdc7cb

Shades

#697e86 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #697e86
  2. #5f7179
  3. #54656b
  4. #4a585e
  5. #3f4c50
  6. #353f43
  7. #2a3236
  8. #202628
  9. #15191b
  10. #0b0d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#697e86 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #697e86
  2. #788b92
  3. #87989e
  4. #96a5aa
  5. #a5b2b6
  6. #b4bfc3
  7. #c3cbcf
  8. #d2d8db
  9. #e1e5e7
  10. #f0f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#697e86 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #697e86
  2. #6b7e85
  3. #6e7e85
  4. #707f84
  5. #727f84
  6. #757f83
  7. #777f82
  8. #797f82
  9. #7b8081
  10. #7e8081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #747c7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #797d86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #757986 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #618180 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #737d86 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #707b86 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #648083 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-697e86 {
  color: #697e86;
}
Background
.bg-697e86 {
  background-color: #697e86;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-697e86 {
  border: 2px solid #697e86;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #697e86;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 126 134;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 12% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-697e86 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697e86, #696f86);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-697e86 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 126 134 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.33 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.33 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.82 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.82 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.07 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.20 #968179 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#697e86  rgb(105, 126, 134)  hsl(197, 12%, 47%)  Slate Gray
#867169  rgb(134, 113, 105)  hsl(17, 12%, 47%)  Beaver
#86697e  rgb(134, 105, 126)  hsl(317, 12%, 47%)  Old Lavender
#7e8669  rgb(126, 134, 105)  hsl(77, 12%, 47%)  Xanadu