#6a6d9b

Color #6a6d9b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.48 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6d9b

RGB

rgb(106, 109, 155)

HSL

hsl(236.3, 19.7%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.3, 31.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 29.7%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(47.45, 10.01, -25.28)

LCH

lch(47.45, 27.19, 291.6)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.0715, 280.89)

HWB

hwb(236.3, 41.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b986a

Analogous

#6a869b

#6a6d9b

#806a9b

Triadic

#6a6d9b

#9b6a6d

#6d9b6a

Split-complementary

#6a6d9b

#9b806a

#869b6a

Tetradic

#6a6d9b

#986a9b

#9b986a

#6d9b6a

Square

#6a6d9b

#9b6a86

#9b986a

#6a9b80

Shades

Color #6a6d9b mixed toward black.

#575a82

#464868

#34364e

#232434

#11121a

Tints

Color #6a6d9b mixed toward white.

#8385ac

#9c9ebc

#b5b6cd

#cdcede

#e6e7ee

Tones

Color #6a6d9b mixed toward gray.

#6e7197

#727493

#76788f

#7a7b8b

#7e7f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.27:1

White text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b92 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6b8f · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6a8988 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 17.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6d9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6d9b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a6d9b (#6a6d9b) is rgb(106, 109, 155) in RGB.

No, #6a6d9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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