#6971bd

Color #6971bd

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6971bd

RGB

rgb(105, 113, 189)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 38.9%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 44.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 40.2%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(50.08, 17.02, -40.98)

LCH

lch(50.08, 44.37, 292.55)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1166, 277.54)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 41.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdb569

Analogous

#699bbd

#6971bd

#8b69bd

Triadic

#6971bd

#bd6971

#71bd69

Split-complementary

#6971bd

#bd8b69

#9bbd69

Tetradic

#6971bd

#b569bd

#bdb569

#71bd69

Square

#6971bd

#bd699b

#bdb569

#69bd8b

Shades

Color #6971bd mixed toward black.

#4b54aa

#3c4388

#2d3266

#1e2244

#0f1122

Tints

Color #6971bd mixed toward white.

#8289c8

#9ba0d3

#b4b8de

#cdd0e9

#e6e7f4

Tones

Color #6971bd mixed toward gray.

#7076b6

#777caf

#7e82a8

#8588a1

#8c8d9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dae · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6c6bab · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#69a29f · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6971bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6971bd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6971bd (#6971bd) is rgb(105, 113, 189) in RGB.

No, #6971bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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