#6a6a72

Color #6a6a72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 4.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6a72

RGB

rgb(106, 106, 114)

HSL

hsl(240, 3.6%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(45.06, 1.7, -4.46)

LCH

lch(45.06, 4.77, 290.87)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.0124, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 41.6%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72726a

Analogous

#6a6e72

#6a6a72

#6e6a72

Triadic

#6a6a72

#726a6a

#6a726a

Split-complementary

#6a6a72

#726e6a

#6e726a

Tetradic

#6a6a72

#726a72

#72726a

#6a726a

Square

#6a6a72

#726a6e

#72726a

#6a726e

Shades

Color #6a6a72 mixed toward black.

#58585f

#47474c

#353539

#232326

#121213

Tints

Color #6a6a72 mixed toward white.

#82828a

#9b9ba2

#b4b4b9

#cdcdd0

#e6e6e8

Tones

Color #6a6a72 mixed toward gray.

#6b6b71

#6c6c70

#6d6d6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a70 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#6a6a70 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#6a6f6e · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6a72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6a72]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a6a72 (#6a6a72) is rgb(106, 106, 114) in RGB.

No, #6a6a72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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