#697BFC

sRGB · 105 / 123 / 252

#697BFC belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 105 red, 123 green and 252 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 232.7° lands in the blue region. Its 96.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 70.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 105, 123, 252
HSL: 232.65°, 96.08%, 70.00%
HSV / HSB: 232.65°, 58.33%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 58.33%, 51.19%, 0.00%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.477, 24.197, 95.163
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.284, 30.660, -66.579
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24197
24-bit decimal: 6913020

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #697BFC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.84:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.60:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FCEA69 sits half a turn (180°) from #697BFC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#697BFC #FCEA69

Analogous

#69C5FC and #A069FC sit 30° to either side of #697BFC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#69C5FC #697BFC #A069FC

Triadic

#697BFC, #FC697B and #7BFC69 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#697BFC #FC697B #7BFC69

Split complementary

Start at #697BFC and look across the wheel. #FCA069 and #C5FC69 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#697BFC #FCA069 #C5FC69

Square

Starting with #697BFC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FC69C5, #FCEA69, then #69FCA0. Across the square, #697BFC pairs with #FCEA69, and #FC69C5 with #69FCA0.

#697BFC #FC69C5 #FCEA69 #69FCA0

Tetradic

#697BFC and #FCEA69 are opposites, as are #EA69FC and #7BFC69. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#697BFC #EA69FC #FCEA69 #7BFC69

Tints

Mixing #697BFC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8795FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #E1E5FE, the mixture is 80% white.

#697BFC #8795FD #A5B0FD #C3CAFE #E1E5FE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #697BFC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5462CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #151932, the mixture is 80% black.

#697BFC #5462CA #3F4A97 #2A3165 #151932 #000000

Tones

Mixing #697BFC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6E7CE3, keeps 80% of the original. By #7B7F99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#697BFC #6E7CE3 #727DCA #777EB2 #7B7F99 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#697BFC

RGB

rgb(105 123 252)

HSL

hsl(232.653 96.078% 70.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #697BFC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#697BFC uses 105 red, 123 green and 252 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 41.2%

Green 48.2%

Blue 98.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #697BFC is 58.3% cyan, 51.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 58.3%

Magenta 51.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #6677FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #67F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #697BFC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #6666FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #6677FF Nearest web-safe · #6666FF

Gradient to complement

#697BFC #828EE4 #9AA0CB #B3B3B3 #CBC59A #E4D882 #FCEA69

Color vision previews

Compare how #697BFC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#318EFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0181F9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#0099B0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4886FE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3D80FB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5C85E4

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#878787

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#7981CD

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.14126 G 0.19807 B 0.97345

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.42537 G 0.48022 B 0.95613

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.15135 G 0.19618 B 0.90309

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.203 y 0.161 Y 24.197

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 58.824 M % 51.765 Y % 1.176

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01101001 01111011 11111100