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#697C8A

#697c8a ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#697c8a is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 48.63% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.91% cyan, 10.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 205.45°, with 13.58% saturation and 47.65% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1925

Complementary

  1. #697c8a
  2. #8a7769

Split complementary

  1. #697c8a
  2. #8a696c
  3. #8a8869

Analogous

  1. #698a88
  2. #697c8a
  3. #696c8a

Triadic

  1. #697c8a
  2. #8a697c
  3. #7c8a69

Tetradic

  1. #697c8a
  2. #77698a
  3. #8a7769
  4. #7c8a69

Square

  1. #697c8a
  2. #88698a
  3. #8a7769
  4. #6c8a69

Monochromatic

  1. #272e33
  2. #48555f
  3. #697c8a
  4. #93a2ad
  5. #bec7ce

Shades

#697c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #697c8a
  2. #5f707c
  3. #54636e
  4. #4a5761
  5. #3f4a53
  6. #353e45
  7. #2a3237
  8. #202529
  9. #15191c
  10. #0b0c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#697c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #697c8a
  2. #788996
  3. #8796a1
  4. #96a3ad
  5. #a5b0b9
  6. #b4bec5
  7. #c3cbd0
  8. #d2d8dc
  9. #e1e5e8
  10. #f0f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#697c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #697c8a
  2. #6b7c89
  3. #6e7d88
  4. #707d87
  5. #727e86
  6. #757e85
  7. #777e84
  8. #797f83
  9. #7b7f82
  10. #7e8081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #737a80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #767c8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #72788a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #608080 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #717c8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e7a8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #647e84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-697c8a {
  color: #697c8a;
}
Background
.bg-697c8a {
  background-color: #697c8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-697c8a {
  border: 2px solid #697c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #697c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 124 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 14% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-697c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697c8a, #696c8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-697c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 124 138 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 2.60 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 2.60 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 5.14 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 5.14 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.95 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.36 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.36 #968375 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#697c8a  rgb(105, 124, 138)  hsl(205, 14%, 48%)  Slate Gray
#8a7769  rgb(138, 119, 105)  hsl(25, 14%, 48%)  Beaver
#8a697c  rgb(138, 105, 124)  hsl(325, 14%, 48%)  Old Lavender
#7c8a69  rgb(124, 138, 105)  hsl(85, 14%, 48%)  Xanadu