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#6984CA

#6984ca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6984ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 51.76% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.02% cyan, 34.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 223.3°, with 47.78% saturation and 60.2% 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 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 3.27.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2377

Complementary

  1. #6984ca
  2. #caaf69

Split complementary

  1. #6984ca
  2. #ca7f69
  3. #b5ca69

Analogous

  1. #69b5ca
  2. #6984ca
  3. #7f69ca

Triadic

  1. #6984ca
  2. #ca6984
  3. #84ca69

Tetradic

  1. #6984ca
  2. #af69ca
  3. #caaf69
  4. #84ca69

Square

  1. #6984ca
  2. #ca69b5
  3. #caaf69
  4. #69ca7f

Monochromatic

  1. #283d72
  2. #3c5baa
  3. #6984ca
  4. #a2b2de
  5. #dae1f2

Shades

#6984ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6984ca
  2. #5f77b6
  3. #546aa2
  4. #4a5c8d
  5. #3f4f79
  6. #354265
  7. #2a3551
  8. #20283d
  9. #151a28
  10. #0b0d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#6984ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6984ca
  2. #7890cf
  3. #879dd5
  4. #96a9da
  5. #a5b5df
  6. #b4c2e5
  7. #c3ceea
  8. #d2daef
  9. #e1e6f4
  10. #f0f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6984ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6984ca
  2. #6b84c3
  3. #6e83bb
  4. #7083b4
  5. #7282ac
  6. #7582a5
  7. #77829e
  8. #798196
  9. #7b818f
  10. #7e8087
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b85a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a8bcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6082c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #42939e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6988cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6383c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #548db1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6984ca {
  color: #6984ca;
}
Background
.bg-6984ca {
  background-color: #6984ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6984ca {
  border: 2px solid #6984ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6984ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 132 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 48% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6984ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6984ca, #7f69ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6984ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 132 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.84 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.21 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.31 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.24 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.69 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.09 #967b35 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6984ca  rgb(105, 132, 202)  hsl(223, 48%, 60%)  Glaucous
#caaf69  rgb(202, 175, 105)  hsl(43, 48%, 60%)  Vegas Gold
#ca6984  rgb(202, 105, 132)  hsl(343, 48%, 60%)  Blush
#84ca69  rgb(132, 202, 105)  hsl(103, 48%, 60%)  Mantis