#696CAE#696CAE

#696CAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.102 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696CAE
RGB	rgb(105, 108, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(237, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 37.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 15.66, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 38.89, 293.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0187 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.102 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8260, 16.7836, 42.2838)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696CAE #AEAB69

analogous

#698FAE #696CAE #8869AE

triadic

#696CAE #AE696C #6CAE69

tetradic

#696CAE #AE698F #AEAB69 #69AE88

square

#696CAE #AE698F #AEAB69 #69AE88

split-complementary

#696CAE #AE8869 #8FAE69

monochromatic

#373966 #4C4F8D #696CAE #9193C3 #B8BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#696CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#696CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696CAE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696CAE	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5674B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#557985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 108, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.102 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9796c6',
    500: '#696cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696cae;
$custom-light: #9796c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55755,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696CAE

secondary

#C8C7AB

accent

#C262C6

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F1F8

border

#CCCBD1

text

#0E0D13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #696CAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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