#6a79c7

Color #6a79c7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.96 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a79c7

RGB

rgb(106, 121, 199)

HSL

hsl(230.3, 45.4%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.3, 46.7%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(52.8, 15.43, -42.41)

LCH

lch(52.8, 45.13, 289.99)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.12, 274.01)

HWB

hwb(230.3, 41.6%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7b86a

Analogous

#6aa8c7

#6a79c7

#896ac7

Triadic

#6a79c7

#c76a79

#79c76a

Split-complementary

#6a79c7

#c7896a

#a8c76a

Tetradic

#6a79c7

#b86ac7

#c7b86a

#79c76a

Square

#6a79c7

#c76aa8

#c7b86a

#6ac789

Shades

Color #6a79c7 mixed toward black.

#4558b9

#384694

#2a356f

#1c234a

#0e1225

Tints

Color #6a79c7 mixed toward white.

#838fd0

#9ca6da

#b4bce3

#cdd2ec

#e6e9f6

Tones

Color #6a79c7 mixed toward gray.

#727ebf

#7983b8

#8189b0

#898ea8

#9193a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171b8 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#706fb4 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#6baba8 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a79c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a79c7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a79c7 (#6a79c7) is rgb(106, 121, 199) in RGB.

No, #6a79c7 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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