#6a6c75

Color #6a6c75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.56 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6c75

RGB

rgb(106, 108, 117)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 4.9%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 9.4%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(45.73, 1.17, -5.27)

LCH

lch(45.73, 5.4, 282.52)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0142, 276.07)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 41.6%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75736a

Analogous

#6a7175

#6a6c75

#6d6a75

Triadic

#6a6c75

#756a6c

#6c756a

Split-complementary

#6a6c75

#756d6a

#71756a

Tetradic

#6a6c75

#736a75

#75736a

#6c756a

Square

#6a6c75

#756a71

#75736a

#6a756d

Shades

Color #6a6c75 mixed toward black.

#585a61

#47484e

#35363a

#232427

#121213

Tints

Color #6a6c75 mixed toward white.

#82848d

#9b9ca4

#b4b5bb

#cdced1

#e6e6e8

Tones

Color #6a6c75 mixed toward gray.

#6b6d74

#6c6d73

#6d6e72

#6e6e71

#6f6f70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.01:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b73 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#6b6b72 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#6a7171 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6c75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6c75]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6a6c75 (#6a6c75) is rgb(106, 108, 117) in RGB.

No, #6a6c75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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