What color is #697B78?

#697B78 is a gray, closest to the named color Blue Blood. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #697B78?

The RGB value is 105, 123, 120: 105 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #697B78?

The complementary color is #7B696C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #697B78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.71:1 and white text 4.46:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#697B78 color

#697B78 rgb(105, 123, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #697B78 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 41.2% red, 48.2% green and 47.1% blue (105, 123, 120).

Its hue angle is 170°, with 8% saturation and 45% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 52% black.

The closest named color is Blue Blood (#6B7F81), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.71:1).

#697B78 color codes

HEX	`#697B78`
RGB	`rgb(105, 123, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(41.2%, 48.2%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(170, 8%, 45%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(170, 15%, 48%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 2%, 52%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.13, -7.25, -0.59)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.13, 7.27, 184.62)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.298, 18.525, 20.483)`
Decimal	`6912888`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #697B78, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #697B78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.71:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.46:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#697B78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.46:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.71:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #697B78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #697b78; }
.text { color: #697b78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #697b78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(105 123 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #697b78, #69757b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #697B78?: #697B78 is a gray, closest to the named color Blue Blood. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #697B78?: The RGB value is 105, 123, 120: 105 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #697B78?: The complementary color is #7B696C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #697B78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.71:1 and white text 4.46:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.