#6968ae

Color #6968ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.58 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6968ae

RGB

rgb(105, 104, 174)

HSL

hsl(240.9, 30.2%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240.9, 40.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.7%, 40.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(46.92, 18.1, -37.27)

LCH

lch(46.92, 41.43, 295.9)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1075, 282.9)

HWB

hwb(240.9, 40.8%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adae68

Analogous

#688aae

#6968ae

#8c68ae

Triadic

#6968ae

#ae6968

#68ae69

Split-complementary

#6968ae

#ae8c68

#8aae68

Tetradic

#6968ae

#ae68ad

#adae68

#68ae69

Square

#6968ae

#ae688a

#adae68

#68ae8c

Shades

Color #6968ae mixed toward black.

#525197

#424179

#31315a

#21203c

#10101e

Tints

Color #6968ae mixed toward white.

#8281bc

#9b9ac9

#b4b3d7

#cdcde4

#e6e6f2

Tones

Color #6968ae mixed toward gray.

#6f6ea8

#7474a2

#7a799c

#807f97

#858591

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969a1 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#69699d · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#699592 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6968ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6968ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6968ae (#6968ae) is rgb(105, 104, 174) in RGB.

No, #6968ae 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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