#6a6986

Color #6a6986

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.84 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6986

RGB

rgb(106, 105, 134)

HSL

hsl(242.1, 12.1%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.1, 21.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(45.48, 6.97, -15.84)

LCH

lch(45.48, 17.31, 293.75)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0451, 286.35)

HWB

hwb(242.1, 41.2%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#858669

Analogous

#697786

#6a6986

#796986

Triadic

#6a6986

#866a69

#69866a

Split-complementary

#6a6986

#867969

#778669

Tetradic

#6a6986

#866985

#858669

#69866a

Square

#6a6986

#866977

#858669

#698679

Shades

Color #6a6986 mixed toward black.

#585870

#474659

#353543

#23232d

#121216

Tints

Color #6a6986 mixed toward white.

#81819c

#9b9ab0

#b4b3c3

#cdccd7

#e6e6eb

Tones

Color #6a6986 mixed toward gray.

#6c6c84

#6f6e81

#71707f

#73737c

#75757a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a80 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6a6a7e · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#6a7a79 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6986;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6986]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a6986 (#6a6986) is rgb(106, 105, 134) in RGB.

No, #6a6986 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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