#6a7281

Color #6a7281

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7281

RGB

rgb(106, 114, 129)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 9.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 17.8%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(47.86, 0.38, -9.26)

LCH

lch(47.86, 9.27, 272.35)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.0253, 263.18)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 41.6%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81796a

Analogous

#6a7e81

#6a7281

#6e6a81

Triadic

#6a7281

#816a72

#72816a

Split-complementary

#6a7281

#816e6a

#7e816a

Tetradic

#6a7281

#796a81

#81796a

#72816a

Square

#6a7281

#816a7e

#81796a

#6a816e

Shades

Color #6a7281 mixed toward black.

#585f6c

#474c56

#353941

#23262b

#121316

Tints

Color #6a7281 mixed toward white.

#818998

#9aa1ac

#b4b8c1

#cdd0d6

#e6e7ea

Tones

Color #6a7281 mixed toward gray.

#6c737f

#6e737d

#70747b

#727479

#747577

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e7e · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#6d6c7d · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#6a7b7a · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7281;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7281]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a7281 (#6a7281) is rgb(106, 114, 129) in RGB.

No, #6a7281 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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