#6685b7

Color #6685b7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6685b7

RGB

rgb(102, 133, 183)

HSL

hsl(217, 36%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 44.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(55.09, 2.47, -29.7)

LCH

lch(55.09, 29.8, 274.75)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0842, 259.74)

HWB

hwb(217, 40%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b79866

Analogous

#66aeb7

#6685b7

#7066b7

Triadic

#6685b7

#b76685

#85b766

Split-complementary

#6685b7

#b77066

#aeb766

Tetradic

#6685b7

#9866b7

#b79866

#85b766

Square

#6685b7

#b766ae

#b79866

#66b770

Shades

Color #6685b7 mixed toward black.

#4c6da2

#3d5781

#2e4161

#1e2c41

#0f1620

Tints

Color #6685b7 mixed toward white.

#8099c3

#99aecf

#b3c2db

#ccd6e7

#e6ebf3

Tones

Color #6685b7 mixed toward gray.

#6d87b0

#7488aa

#7a8aa3

#818b9c

#888d95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575ad · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#7370aa · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#68a4a2 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6685b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6685b7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6685b7 (#6685b7) is rgb(102, 133, 183) in RGB.

No, #6685b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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