#6b687d

Color #6b687d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b687d

RGB

rgb(107, 104, 125)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 9.2%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 16.8%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(44.95, 5.76, -11.24)

LCH

lch(44.95, 12.63, 297.13)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.0328, 291.8)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 40.8%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7d68

Analogous

#686f7d

#6b687d

#76687d

Triadic

#6b687d

#7d6b68

#687d6b

Split-complementary

#6b687d

#7d7668

#6f7d68

Tetradic

#6b687d

#7d687a

#7a7d68

#687d6b

Square

#6b687d

#7d686f

#7a7d68

#687d76

Shades

Color #6b687d mixed toward black.

#595768

#474553

#35343f

#24232a

#121115

Tints

Color #6b687d mixed toward white.

#827f95

#9b99aa

#b4b2bf

#cdccd4

#e6e5ea

Tones

Color #6b687d mixed toward gray.

#6c6a7b

#6d6b7a

#6f6d78

#706f76

#717174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a78 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6a6a77 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6b7474 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 10.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b687d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b687d]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b687d (#6b687d) is rgb(107, 104, 125) in RGB.

No, #6b687d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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