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#698E8E

#698e8e ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#698e8e is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 55.69% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 14.98% saturation and 48.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 6.53.

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Relative luminance0.243

Complementary

  1. #698e8e
  2. #8e6969

Split complementary

  1. #698e8e
  2. #8e697b
  3. #8e7b69

Analogous

  1. #698e7b
  2. #698e8e
  3. #697b8e

Triadic

  1. #698e8e
  2. #8e698e
  3. #8e8e69

Tetradic

  1. #698e8e
  2. #69698e
  3. #8e6969
  4. #8e8e69

Square

  1. #698e8e
  2. #7b698e
  3. #8e6969
  4. #7b8e69

Monochromatic

  1. #283636
  2. #486262
  3. #698e8e
  4. #94b0b0
  5. #c0d0d0

Shades

#698e8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #698e8e
  2. #5f8080
  3. #547272
  4. #4a6363
  5. #3f5555
  6. #354747
  7. #2a3939
  8. #202b2b
  9. #151c1c
  10. #0b0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#698e8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #698e8e
  2. #789999
  3. #87a5a5
  4. #96b0b0
  5. #a5bbbb
  6. #b4c7c7
  7. #c3d2d2
  8. #d2dddd
  9. #e1e8e8
  10. #f0f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#698e8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #698e8e
  2. #6b8d8d
  3. #6e8b8b
  4. #708a8a
  5. #728888
  6. #758787
  7. #778686
  8. #798484
  9. #7b8383
  10. #7e8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c8a8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #898a8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82858e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5d908e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e8c8e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #79898e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #628f8e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-698e8e {
  color: #698e8e;
}
Background
.bg-698e8e {
  background-color: #698e8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-698e8e {
  border: 2px solid #698e8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #698e8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 142 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 15% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-698e8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #698e8e, #697b8e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-698e8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 142 142 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.53 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 8.21 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.77 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.10 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.10 #008080 Teal ΔE 12.27 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 12.37 #967171 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#698e8e  rgb(105, 142, 142)  hsl(180, 15%, 48%)  Cadet Blue
#8e6969  rgb(142, 105, 105)  hsl(0, 15%, 48%)  Copper Rose
#8e698e  rgb(142, 105, 142)  hsl(300, 15%, 48%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8e8e69  rgb(142, 142, 105)  hsl(60, 15%, 48%)  Moss Green