#6a7e87

Color #6a7e87

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.64 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7e87

RGB

rgb(106, 126, 135)

HSL

hsl(198.6, 12%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.6, 21.5%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(51.54, -5.16, -7.3)

LCH

lch(51.54, 8.94, 234.75)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0272, 226.79)

HWB

hwb(198.6, 41.6%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87736a

Analogous

#6a8782

#6a7e87

#6a7087

Triadic

#6a7e87

#876a7e

#7e876a

Split-complementary

#6a7e87

#876a70

#87826a

Tetradic

#6a7e87

#736a87

#87736a

#7e876a

Square

#6a7e87

#826a87

#87736a

#70876a

Shades

Color #6a7e87 mixed toward black.

#586971

#47545a

#353f44

#232a2d

#121517

Tints

Color #6a7e87 mixed toward white.

#82949c

#9ba9b0

#b4bfc4

#cdd4d8

#e6eaeb

Tones

Color #6a7e87 mixed toward gray.

#6d7d85

#6f7c82

#717b80

#747a7d

#767a7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737385 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#727084 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#6b8383 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7e87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7e87]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6a7e87 (#6a7e87) is rgb(106, 126, 135) in RGB.

No, #6a7e87 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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