#6a7697

Color #6a7697

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7697

RGB

rgb(106, 118, 151)

HSL

hsl(224, 17.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224, 29.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 21.9%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(49.8, 3.53, -19.3)

LCH

lch(49.8, 19.62, 280.36)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0532, 269.14)

HWB

hwb(224, 41.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978b6a

Analogous

#6a8d97

#6a7697

#756a97

Triadic

#6a7697

#976a76

#76976a

Split-complementary

#6a7697

#97756a

#8d976a

Tetradic

#6a7697

#8b6a97

#978b6a

#76976a

Square

#6a7697

#976a8d

#978b6a

#6a9775

Shades

Color #6a7697 mixed toward black.

#58627e

#464f65

#353b4c

#232732

#121419

Tints

Color #6a7697 mixed toward white.

#838da8

#9ca4ba

#b5bbcb

#cdd1dc

#e6e8ee

Tones

Color #6a7697 mixed toward gray.

#6e7893

#727a90

#757b8c

#797d88

#7d7f84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black 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

#6f7090 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#6f6e8e · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#6b8a89 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7697]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a7697 (#6a7697) is rgb(106, 118, 151) in RGB.

No, #6a7697 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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