#6a7398

Color #6a7398

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7398

RGB

rgb(106, 115, 152)

HSL

hsl(228.3, 18.3%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.3, 30.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(49, 5.58, -21.13)

LCH

lch(49, 21.85, 284.79)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0584, 273.83)

HWB

hwb(228.3, 41.6%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988f6a

Analogous

#6a8a98

#6a7398

#786a98

Triadic

#6a7398

#986a73

#73986a

Split-complementary

#6a7398

#98786a

#8a986a

Tetradic

#6a7398

#8f6a98

#988f6a

#73986a

Square

#6a7398

#986a8a

#988f6a

#6a9878

Shades

Color #6a7398 mixed toward black.

#58607f

#464c66

#35394c

#232633

#121319

Tints

Color #6a7398 mixed toward white.

#838aa9

#9ca2ba

#b4b9cc

#cdd0dd

#e6e8ee

Tones

Color #6a7398 mixed toward gray.

#6e7594

#727890

#767a8d

#797c89

#7d7f85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e90 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#6d6d8e · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6a8a88 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7398;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7398]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6a7398 (#6a7398) is rgb(106, 115, 152) in RGB.

No, #6a7398 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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