#6984ae

Color #6984ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6984ae

RGB

rgb(105, 132, 174)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 29.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 39.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(54.62, 1.28, -25.26)

LCH

lch(54.62, 25.29, 272.9)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0714, 259.02)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 41.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae9369

Analogous

#69a7ae

#6984ae

#7069ae

Triadic

#6984ae

#ae6984

#84ae69

Split-complementary

#6984ae

#ae7069

#a7ae69

Tetradic

#6984ae

#9369ae

#ae9369

#84ae69

Square

#6984ae

#ae69a7

#ae9369

#69ae70

Shades

Color #6984ae mixed toward black.

#516d97

#415779

#31415b

#212b3c

#10161e

Tints

Color #6984ae mixed toward white.

#8299bc

#9badc9

#b4c2d7

#cdd6e4

#e6ebf2

Tones

Color #6984ae mixed toward gray.

#6f85a8

#7486a3

#7a889d

#808997

#868a91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676a5 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#7472a3 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#6b9e9c · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6984ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6984ae]

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

#6984ae (#6984ae) is rgb(105, 132, 174) in RGB.

No, #6984ae 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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