#6978af

Color #6978af

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6978af

RGB

rgb(105, 120, 175)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 30.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 40%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 31.4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(51.3, 8.67, -30.98)

LCH

lch(51.3, 32.17, 285.63)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0866, 271.85)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 41.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa069

Analogous

#699baf

#6978af

#7d69af

Triadic

#6978af

#af6978

#78af69

Split-complementary

#6978af

#af7d69

#9baf69

Tetradic

#6978af

#a069af

#afa069

#78af69

Square

#6978af

#af699b

#afa069

#69af7d

Shades

Color #6978af mixed toward black.

#516098

#414d7a

#313a5b

#20273d

#10131e

Tints

Color #6978af mixed toward white.

#828fbc

#9ba5ca

#b4bcd7

#cdd2e4

#e6e9f2

Tones

Color #6978af mixed toward gray.

#6f7ba9

#757fa3

#7b829d

#808598

#868992

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070a4 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#6f6ea1 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#6a9a98 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 19

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6978af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6978af]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6978af (#6978af) is rgb(105, 120, 175) in RGB.

No, #6978af 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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