#6a7991

Color #6a7991

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7991

RGB

rgb(106, 121, 145)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 15.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 26.9%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(50.43, 0.2, -14.83)

LCH

lch(50.43, 14.83, 270.77)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0413, 259.81)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 41.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91826a

Analogous

#6a8c91

#6a7991

#6e6a91

Triadic

#6a7991

#916a79

#79916a

Split-complementary

#6a7991

#916e6a

#8c916a

Tetradic

#6a7991

#826a91

#91826a

#79916a

Square

#6a7991

#916a8c

#91826a

#6a916e

Shades

Color #6a7991 mixed toward black.

#586579

#475161

#353c48

#232830

#121418

Tints

Color #6a7991 mixed toward white.

#828fa4

#9ba6b6

#b4bcc8

#cdd2db

#e6e9ed

Tones

Color #6a7991 mixed toward gray.

#6d7a8e

#707a8a

#747b87

#777c84

#7a7d81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#71718c · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#706f8a · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#6b8786 · ΔE 14.8

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7991;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7991]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6a7991 (#6a7991) is rgb(106, 121, 145) in RGB.

No, #6a7991 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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