Colour

#697C83

#697C83
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#697C83 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 124, 131 and HSL 196°, 11%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#697C83#697C83

HEX#697C83

RGBrgb(105, 124, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.4863, 0.5137

RGB percentages41.2%, 48.6%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(196.2, 11%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 19.8%, 51.4%)

CMYK19.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,913,155

CSS custom property--colour: #697C83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#96837C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#787B83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#747783no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#627E7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 5.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 7.8 Gray · ΔE 8.6 Dim grey · ΔE 10.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8 Dark grey · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#837069

Analogous#69837D, #696F83

Triadic#83697C, #7C8369

Split complementary#83696F, #837D69

Tetradic#7D6983, #837069, #6F8369

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8DEE0

Lighter +30%#BCC6C9

Lighter +20%#A0ADB2

Lighter +10%#83959C

Darker −10%#526167

Darker −20%#3C464A

Darker −30%#252C2E

Darker −40%#0E1112

More saturated +25%#4C8AA1

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R105

G124

B131

Red105 (41.2%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue196.15°

Saturation (HSL)11.02%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 7C · B 83

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