#6a6588

Color #6a6588

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6588

RGB

rgb(106, 101, 136)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 14.8%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 25.7%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(44.45, 9.9, -18.62)

LCH

lch(44.45, 21.09, 298)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0547, 290.98)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 39.6%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838865

Analogous

#657288

#6a6588

#7c6588

Triadic

#6a6588

#886a65

#65886a

Split-complementary

#6a6588

#887c65

#728865

Tetradic

#6a6588

#886583

#838865

#65886a

Square

#6a6588

#886572

#838865

#65887c

Shades

Color #6a6588 mixed toward black.

#585471

#47435b

#353344

#23222d

#121117

Tints

Color #6a6588 mixed toward white.

#817c9e

#9a97b2

#b4b1c5

#cdcbd8

#e6e5ec

Tones

Color #6a6588 mixed toward gray.

#6c6885

#6e6b82

#706e7f

#72717c

#747479

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686881 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#68697f · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#6a7a79 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6588;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6588]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a6588 (#6a6588) is rgb(106, 101, 136) in RGB.

No, #6a6588 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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