#6a7baa

Color #6a7baa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7baa

RGB

rgb(106, 123, 170)

HSL

hsl(224.1, 27.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.1, 37.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(51.99, 5.74, -27.02)

LCH

lch(51.99, 27.62, 281.99)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0752, 268.7)

HWB

hwb(224.1, 41.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa996a

Analogous

#6a9baa

#6a7baa

#796aaa

Triadic

#6a7baa

#aa6a7b

#7baa6a

Split-complementary

#6a7baa

#aa796a

#9baa6a

Tetradic

#6a7baa

#996aaa

#aa996a

#7baa6a

Square

#6a7baa

#aa6a9b

#aa996a

#6aaa79

Shades

Color #6a7baa mixed toward black.

#536492

#435075

#323c58

#21283b

#11141d

Tints

Color #6a7baa mixed toward white.

#8391b8

#9ca7c6

#b4bdd5

#cdd3e3

#e6e9f1

Tones

Color #6a7baa mixed toward gray.

#6f7da5

#75809f

#7a829a

#7f8595

#85878f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272a0 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#716f9e · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#6b9896 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7baa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7baa]

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

#6a7baa (#6a7baa) is rgb(106, 123, 170) in RGB.

No, #6a7baa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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