#6a6e7c

Color #6a6e7c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.67 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6e7c

RGB

rgb(106, 110, 124)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 7.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 14.5%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(46.54, 1.57, -8.26)

LCH

lch(46.54, 8.41, 280.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0223, 273.08)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 41.6%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c786a

Analogous

#6a777c

#6a6e7c

#6f6a7c

Triadic

#6a6e7c

#7c6a6e

#6e7c6a

Split-complementary

#6a6e7c

#7c6f6a

#777c6a

Tetradic

#6a6e7c

#786a7c

#7c786a

#6e7c6a

Square

#6a6e7c

#7c6a77

#7c786a

#6a7c6f

Shades

Color #6a6e7c mixed toward black.

#585c67

#474953

#35373e

#232529

#121215

Tints

Color #6a6e7c mixed toward white.

#818593

#9a9ea9

#b4b6be

#cdced4

#e6e7e9

Tones

Color #6a6e7c mixed toward gray.

#6c6f7a

#6d7079

#6f7177

#707176

#727275

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.13:1

White text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c79 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#6c6b78 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#6a7676 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 7.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6e7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6e7c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a6e7c (#6a6e7c) is rgb(106, 110, 124) in RGB.

No, #6a6e7c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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