#6874b8

Color #6874b8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6874b8

RGB

rgb(104, 116, 184)

HSL

hsl(231, 36%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231, 43.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 37%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(50.56, 13.45, -37.35)

LCH

lch(50.56, 39.7, 289.8)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.1054, 275.01)

HWB

hwb(231, 40.8%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8ac68

Analogous

#689cb8

#6874b8

#8468b8

Triadic

#6874b8

#b86874

#74b868

Split-complementary

#6874b8

#b88468

#9cb868

Tetradic

#6874b8

#ac68b8

#b8ac68

#74b868

Square

#6874b8

#b8689c

#b8ac68

#68b884

Shades

Color #6874b8 mixed toward black.

#4d5aa3

#3d4883

#2e3662

#1f2441

#0f1221

Tints

Color #6874b8 mixed toward white.

#818bc4

#9aa2d0

#b4badc

#cdd1e7

#e6e8f3

Tones

Color #6874b8 mixed toward gray.

#6f79b1

#757dab

#7c82a4

#83879d

#898b97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6eab · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#6d6ca7 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#699f9c · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6874b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6874b8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6874b8 (#6874b8) is rgb(104, 116, 184) in RGB.

No, #6874b8 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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