#6983ac

Color #6983ac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6983ac

RGB

rgb(105, 131, 172)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 28.8%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 39%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(39%, 23.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(54.25, 1.3, -24.67)

LCH

lch(54.25, 24.7, 273.02)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0697, 259.33)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 41.2%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac9269

Analogous

#69a5ac

#6983ac

#7069ac

Triadic

#6983ac

#ac6983

#83ac69

Split-complementary

#6983ac

#ac7069

#a5ac69

Tetradic

#6983ac

#9269ac

#ac9269

#83ac69

Square

#6983ac

#ac69a5

#ac9269

#69ac70

Shades

Color #6983ac mixed toward black.

#526c95

#425677

#314159

#212b3b

#10161e

Tints

Color #6983ac mixed toward white.

#8298ba

#9bacc8

#b4c1d6

#cdd6e3

#e6eaf1

Tones

Color #6983ac mixed toward gray.

#6e84a6

#7485a1

#7a879b

#7f8896

#858990

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575a3 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#7472a1 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#6a9c9a · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6983ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6983ac]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6983ac (#6983ac) is rgb(105, 131, 172) in RGB.

No, #6983ac 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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