Colour

#69748E

#69748E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#69748E is a blue with RGB values 105, 116, 142 and HSL 222°, 15%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#69748E

RGBrgb(105, 116, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.4549, 0.5569

RGB percentages41.2%, 45.5%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(222.2, 15%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 26.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK26.1%, 18.3%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,911,118

CSS custom property--colour: #69748E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1

Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#968B71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C768Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#69728Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#5F797Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 7.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4 Dim grey · ΔE 16.3 Gray · ΔE 16.4 Steel blue · ΔE 18.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8E8369

Analogous#69868E, #71698E

Triadic#8E6974, #748E69

Split complementary#8E7169, #868E69

Tetradic#8E6986, #8E8369, #698E71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DDE0E6

Lighter +30%#C0C5D0

Lighter +20%#A2AABB

Lighter +10%#858FA5

Darker −10%#535C71

Darker −20%#3E4453

Darker −30%#282C36

Darker −40%#121419

More saturated +25%#4A67AD

Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R105

G116

B142

Red105 (41.2%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue222.16°

Saturation (HSL)14.98%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 74 · B 8E

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