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#6F7697

#6f7697 ≈ Slate Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6f7697 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 46.27% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.49% cyan, 21.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.78% black. Its hue angle is 229.5°, with 16.13% saturation and 51.37% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 9.45.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1857

Complementary

  1. #6f7697
  2. #97906f

Split complementary

  1. #6f7697
  2. #977c6f
  3. #8a976f

Analogous

  1. #6f8a97
  2. #6f7697
  3. #7c6f97

Triadic

  1. #6f7697
  2. #976f76
  3. #76976f

Tetradic

  1. #6f7697
  2. #906f97
  3. #97906f
  4. #76976f

Square

  1. #6f7697
  2. #976f8a
  3. #97906f
  4. #6f977c

Monochromatic

  1. #2e313f
  2. #4e536c
  3. #6f7697
  4. #9ba0b7
  5. #c8cbd7

Shades

#6f7697 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6f7697
  2. #646a88
  3. #595e79
  4. #4e536a
  5. #43475b
  6. #383b4c
  7. #2c2f3c
  8. #21232d
  9. #16181e
  10. #0b0c0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#6f7697 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6f7697
  2. #7d84a1
  3. #8c91ac
  4. #9a9fb6
  5. #a9adc1
  6. #b7bbcb
  7. #c5c8d5
  8. #d4d6e0
  9. #e2e4ea
  10. #f1f1f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6f7697 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6f7697
  2. #717795
  3. #727892
  4. #747990
  5. #767a8e
  6. #787b8c
  7. #797c89
  8. #7b7d87
  9. #7d7e85
  10. #7e7f82
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #747785 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d7998 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a7696 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #657c81 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e7898 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c7697 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #697a8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6f7697 {
  color: #6f7697;
}
Background
.bg-6f7697 {
  background-color: #6f7697;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6f7697 {
  border: 2px solid #6f7697;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6f7697;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 118 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 16% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6f7697 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f7697, #7c6f97);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6f7697 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 118 151 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.45 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.64 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.40 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.60 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.60 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 11.43 #908968 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#6f7697  rgb(111, 118, 151)  hsl(230, 16%, 51%)  Slate Gray
#97906f  rgb(151, 144, 111)  hsl(50, 16%, 51%)  Moss Green
#976f76  rgb(151, 111, 118)  hsl(350, 16%, 51%)  Copper Rose
#76976f  rgb(118, 151, 111)  hsl(110, 16%, 51%)  Asparagus