Information about #696DA5 color

#696DA5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#696DA5 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(105, 109, 165) — 41.2% red, 42.7% green, 64.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 22 / 0 / 35. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #696DA5 reads as a moderately toned deep-sea blue and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Deloras (#606AA1). Slightly further away sit Scampi (#6F63A0) and Dark Blue Gray (#666699).

In RGB terms — rgb(105, 109, 165) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #696DA5: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#696DA5 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#696DA5 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #696DA5

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Deloras color link
Deloras

#606AA1

Scampi color link
Scampi

#6F63A0

Deluge color link
Deluge

#7563A8

Stained Red color link
Stained Red

#78779B

Panorama color link
Panorama

#597499

Rhythm color link
Rhythm

#777696

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#696DA5
  • RGB105, 109, 165
  • CMYK24, 22, 0, 35
  • CSSrgb(105, 109, 165)
  • HSL236°, 25%, 53%
  • HSL Precise236°, 25%, 52.941%
  • HSV236°, 36%, 65%
  • HSB236°, 36%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.427
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • GLSLvec3(0.412, 0.427, 0.647)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.412, 0.427, 0.647, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.412, 0.427, 0.647)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB64.7%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID696DA5
  • DECIMAL ID6909349
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01