#6a7688

Color #6a7688

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.11 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7688

RGB

rgb(106, 118, 136)

HSL

hsl(216, 12.4%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 22.1%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(49.25, -0.29, -11.32)

LCH

lch(49.25, 11.32, 268.53)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0314, 258.44)

HWB

hwb(216, 41.6%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#887c6a

Analogous

#6a8588

#6a7688

#6d6a88

Triadic

#6a7688

#886a76

#76886a

Split-complementary

#6a7688

#886d6a

#85886a

Tetradic

#6a7688

#7c6a88

#887c6a

#76886a

Square

#6a7688

#886a85

#887c6a

#6a886d

Shades

Color #6a7688 mixed toward black.

#586271

#474f5b

#353b44

#23272d

#121417

Tints

Color #6a7688 mixed toward white.

#828d9d

#9ba4b1

#b4bac4

#cdd1d8

#e6e8eb

Tones

Color #6a7688 mixed toward gray.

#6d7786

#6f7783

#727881

#74787e

#77797c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f7084 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#6f6e83 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#6b8180 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7688;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7688]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a7688 (#6a7688) is rgb(106, 118, 136) in RGB.

No, #6a7688 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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