#6a85b9

Color #6a85b9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.91 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6a85b9

RGB

rgb(106, 133, 185)

HSL

hsl(219.5, 36.1%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.5, 42.7%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(55.42, 4.11, -30.31)

LCH

lch(55.42, 30.59, 277.72)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.0852, 262.99)

HWB

hwb(219.5, 41.6%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b99e6a

Analogous

#6aadb9

#6a85b9

#776ab9

Triadic

#6a85b9

#b96a85

#85b96a

Split-complementary

#6a85b9

#b9776a

#adb96a

Tetradic

#6a85b9

#9e6ab9

#b99e6a

#85b96a

Square

#6a85b9

#b96aad

#b99e6a

#6ab977

Shades

Color #6a85b9 mixed toward black.

#4e6ba5

#3e5684

#2f4063

#1f2b42

#101521

Tints

Color #6a85b9 mixed toward white.

#8399c5

#9caed0

#b5c2dc

#cdd6e8

#e6ebf3

Tones

Color #6a85b9 mixed toward gray.

#7187b3

#7789ac

#7e8ba5

#848d9f

#8b9098

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777ae · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#7573ac · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#6ca5a3 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a85b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a85b9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a85b9 (#6a85b9) is rgb(106, 133, 185) in RGB.

No, #6a85b9 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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