#6a85b0

Color #6a85b0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a85b0

RGB

rgb(106, 133, 176)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 30.7%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 39.8%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(55.04, 1.54, -25.74)

LCH

lch(55.04, 25.79, 273.42)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0727, 259.54)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 41.6%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0956a

Analogous

#6aa8b0

#6a85b0

#726ab0

Triadic

#6a85b0

#b06a85

#85b06a

Split-complementary

#6a85b0

#b0726a

#a8b06a

Tetradic

#6a85b0

#956ab0

#b0956a

#85b06a

Square

#6a85b0

#b06aa8

#b0956a

#6ab072

Shades

Color #6a85b0 mixed toward black.

#516d9a

#41577b

#31425c

#212c3d

#10161f

Tints

Color #6a85b0 mixed toward white.

#8399bd

#9caeca

#b5c2d8

#cdd6e5

#e6ebf2

Tones

Color #6a85b0 mixed toward gray.

#7086aa

#7688a4

#7c899f

#818a99

#878c93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a7 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#7573a5 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#6c9f9d · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 16.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a85b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a85b0]

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

#6a85b0 (#6a85b0) is rgb(106, 133, 176) in RGB.

No, #6a85b0 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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