#6474b3

Color #6474b3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.5 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6474b3

RGB

rgb(100, 116, 179)

HSL

hsl(227.8, 34.2%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.8, 44.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(50.04, 10.91, -35.29)

LCH

lch(50.04, 36.94, 287.18)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0993, 272.14)

HWB

hwb(227.8, 39.2%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a364

Analogous

#649cb3

#6474b3

#7b64b3

Triadic

#6474b3

#b36474

#74b364

Split-complementary

#6474b3

#b37b64

#9cb364

Tetradic

#6474b3

#a364b3

#b3a364

#74b364

Square

#6474b3

#b3649c

#b3a364

#64b37b

Shades

Color #6474b3 mixed toward black.

#4c5d9c

#3d4a7d

#2e385e

#1f253e

#0f131f

Tints

Color #6474b3 mixed toward white.

#7e8bc0

#98a2cc

#b1bad9

#cbd1e6

#e5e8f2

Tones

Color #6474b3 mixed toward gray.

#6b78ac

#717ca6

#78809f

#7e8499

#858892

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ba7 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#6a69a3 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#659c99 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 20.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6474b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6474b3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6474b3 (#6474b3) is rgb(100, 116, 179) in RGB.

No, #6474b3 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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