#6a93ae

Color #6a93ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a93ae

RGB

rgb(106, 147, 174)

HSL

hsl(203.8, 29.6%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.8, 39.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(58.96, -7.01, -18.6)

LCH

lch(58.96, 19.88, 249.35)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0606, 237.8)

HWB

hwb(203.8, 41.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae856a

Analogous

#6aaea7

#6a93ae

#6a71ae

Triadic

#6a93ae

#ae6a93

#93ae6a

Split-complementary

#6a93ae

#ae6a71

#aea76a

Tetradic

#6a93ae

#856aae

#ae856a

#93ae6a

Square

#6a93ae

#a76aae

#ae856a

#71ae6a

Shades

Color #6a93ae mixed toward black.

#527c97

#426379

#314a5b

#21323c

#10191e

Tints

Color #6a93ae mixed toward white.

#83a5bc

#9cb7c9

#b4c9d7

#cddbe4

#e6edf2

Tones

Color #6a93ae mixed toward gray.

#7092a8

#7591a3

#7b909d

#818e97

#868d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ea8 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#7b78a6 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#6da3a2 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a93ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a93ae]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#6a93ae (#6a93ae) is rgb(106, 147, 174) in RGB.

No, #6a93ae 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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