#6871ab

Color #6871ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6871ab

RGB

rgb(104, 113, 171)

HSL

hsl(231.9, 28.5%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.9, 39.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 33.9%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(49.12, 11.47, -32.07)

LCH

lch(49.12, 34.06, 289.68)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.0903, 276.36)

HWB

hwb(231.9, 40.8%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba268

Analogous

#6892ab

#6871ab

#8068ab

Triadic

#6871ab

#ab6871

#71ab68

Split-complementary

#6871ab

#ab8068

#92ab68

Tetradic

#6871ab

#a268ab

#aba268

#71ab68

Square

#6871ab

#ab6892

#aba268

#68ab80

Shades

Color #6871ab mixed toward black.

#525b93

#424976

#313658

#21243b

#10121d

Tints

Color #6871ab mixed toward white.

#8189b9

#9aa0c7

#b3b8d5

#cdd0e3

#e6e7f1

Tones

Color #6871ab mixed toward gray.

#6e75a5

#7379a0

#797d9a

#7e8195

#84858f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c9f · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6b9c · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#689593 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6871ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6871ab]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6871ab (#6871ab) is rgb(104, 113, 171) in RGB.

No, #6871ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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