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#697C8E

#697c8e ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#697c8e 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 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.06% cyan, 12.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 209.19°, with 14.98% saturation and 48.43% 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 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 2.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1937

Complementary

  1. #697c8e
  2. #8e7b69

Split complementary

  1. #697c8e
  2. #8e6969
  3. #8e8d69

Analogous

  1. #698e8d
  2. #697c8e
  3. #69698e

Triadic

  1. #697c8e
  2. #8e697c
  3. #7c8e69

Tetradic

  1. #697c8e
  2. #7b698e
  3. #8e7b69
  4. #7c8e69

Square

  1. #697c8e
  2. #8d698e
  3. #8e7b69
  4. #698e69

Monochromatic

  1. #282f36
  2. #485662
  3. #697c8e
  4. #94a2b0
  5. #c0c8d0

Shades

#697c8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #697c8e
  2. #5f7080
  3. #546372
  4. #4a5763
  5. #3f4a55
  6. #353e47
  7. #2a3239
  8. #20252b
  9. #15191c
  10. #0b0c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#697c8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #697c8e
  2. #788999
  3. #8796a5
  4. #96a3b0
  5. #a5b0bb
  6. #b4bec7
  7. #c3cbd2
  8. #d2d8dd
  9. #e1e5e8
  10. #f0f2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#697c8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #697c8e
  2. #6b7c8d
  3. #6e7d8b
  4. #707d8a
  5. #727e88
  6. #757e87
  7. #777e86
  8. #797f84
  9. #7b7f83
  10. #7e8081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #737b82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #757c8f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #71788e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f8082 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #707c8f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e7a8e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #637f87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-697c8e {
  color: #697c8e;
}
Background
.bg-697c8e {
  background-color: #697c8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-697c8e {
  border: 2px solid #697c8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #697c8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 124 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 15% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-697c8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #697c8e, #69698e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-697c8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 124 142 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 2.01 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 2.01 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.70 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.70 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.47 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.65 #968371 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#697c8e  rgb(105, 124, 142)  hsl(209, 15%, 48%)  Slate Gray
#8e7b69  rgb(142, 123, 105)  hsl(29, 15%, 48%)  Beaver
#8e697c  rgb(142, 105, 124)  hsl(329, 15%, 48%)  Mauve Taupe
#7c8e69  rgb(124, 142, 105)  hsl(89, 15%, 48%)  Moss Green