#6a7279

Color #6a7279

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.02 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7279

RGB

rgb(106, 114, 121)

HSL

hsl(208, 6.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208, 12.4%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(47.6, -1.47, -4.89)

LCH

lch(47.6, 5.11, 253.27)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0146, 244.49)

HWB

hwb(208, 41.6%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79716a

Analogous

#6a7978

#6a7279

#6a6a79

Triadic

#6a7279

#796a72

#72796a

Split-complementary

#6a7279

#796a6a

#79786a

Tetradic

#6a7279

#716a79

#79716a

#72796a

Square

#6a7279

#786a79

#79716a

#6a796a

Shades

Color #6a7279 mixed toward black.

#585f65

#474c51

#35393c

#232628

#121314

Tints

Color #6a7279 mixed toward white.

#818a91

#9aa1a7

#b4b9bd

#cdd0d3

#e6e8e9

Tones

Color #6a7279 mixed toward gray.

#6b7278

#6c7276

#6e7275

#6f7274

#707273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e77 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#6d6c77 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#6a7676 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7279;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7279]

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Frequently asked questions

#6a7279 (#6a7279) is rgb(106, 114, 121) in RGB.

No, #6a7279 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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