#6279b2

Color #6279b2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6279b2

RGB

rgb(98, 121, 178)

HSL

hsl(222.8, 34.2%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.8, 44.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.9%, 32%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(51.25, 7.07, -32.83)

LCH

lch(51.25, 33.58, 282.15)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0921, 266.76)

HWB

hwb(222.8, 38.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b29b62

Analogous

#62a1b2

#6279b2

#7362b2

Triadic

#6279b2

#b26279

#79b262

Split-complementary

#6279b2

#b27362

#a1b262

Tetradic

#6279b2

#9b62b2

#b29b62

#79b262

Square

#6279b2

#b262a1

#b29b62

#62b273

Shades

Color #6279b2 mixed toward black.

#4c629a

#3d4f7b

#2d3b5d

#1e273e

#0f141f

Tints

Color #6279b2 mixed toward white.

#7c8fbf

#96a6cc

#b0bcd8

#cbd2e5

#e5e9f2

Tones

Color #6279b2 mixed toward gray.

#697cab

#6f7fa5

#76819e

#7d8497

#838791

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6da6 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#6b6aa4 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#639d9a · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6279b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6279b2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6279b2 (#6279b2) is rgb(98, 121, 178) in RGB.

No, #6279b2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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