Information about #696577 color

#696577 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #696577 belongs to the Blue Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(105, 101, 119) (41.2% red, 39.6% green, 46.7% blue), or CMYK 5 / 7 / 0 / 53 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #696577 feels open and friendly. 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 practically indistinguishable from Dolphin (#6A6873). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Comet (#636373) and Rum (#716675).

The recipe behind #696577 is rgb(105, 101, 119), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #696577: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #696577 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#696577 color variations

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

#696577 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 #696577

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

Dolphin color link
Dolphin

#6A6873

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Rum color link
Rum

#716675

Quarter Tuna color link
Quarter Tuna

#656A70

High Society color link
High Society

#695B7C

Mid Grey color link
Mid Grey

#666A6D

Mist Blue color link
Mist Blue

#646D7E

Pale Sky color link
Pale Sky

#636D70

Scarpa Flow color link
Scarpa Flow

#6B6A6C

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Centaurian color link
Centaurian

#6E5977

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#696577
  • RGB105, 101, 119
  • CMYK5, 7, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(105, 101, 119)
  • HSL253°, 8%, 43%
  • HSL Precise253.333°, 8.182%, 43.137%
  • HSV253°, 15%, 47%
  • HSB253°, 15%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.467
  • GLSLvec3(0.412, 0.396, 0.467)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.412, 0.396, 0.467, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.412, 0.396, 0.467)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB46.7%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID696577
  • DECIMAL ID6907255
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01