#6a627e

Color #6a627e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a627e

RGB

rgb(106, 98, 126)

HSL

hsl(257.1, 12.5%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.1, 22.2%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(43.22, 9.28, -14.47)

LCH

lch(43.22, 17.19, 302.67)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.0446, 297.94)

HWB

hwb(257.1, 38.4%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767e62

Analogous

#62687e

#6a627e

#78627e

Triadic

#6a627e

#7e6a62

#627e6a

Split-complementary

#6a627e

#7e7862

#687e62

Tetradic

#6a627e

#7e6276

#767e62

#627e6a

Square

#6a627e

#7e6268

#767e62

#627e78

Shades

Color #6a627e mixed toward black.

#585269

#474154

#35313f

#23212a

#121015

Tints

Color #6a627e mixed toward white.

#817997

#9b94ac

#b4afc0

#cdc9d5

#e6e4ea

Tones

Color #6a627e mixed toward gray.

#6b647c

#6c6779

#6d6977

#6e6b75

#6f6e72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.66:1

White text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676778 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#676876 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#6a7372 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a627e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a627e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6a627e (#6a627e) is rgb(106, 98, 126) in RGB.

No, #6a627e 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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