#6b698b

Color #6b698b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b698b

RGB

rgb(107, 105, 139)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 13.9%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 24.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23%, 24.5%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(45.76, 8.56, -18.39)

LCH

lch(45.76, 20.28, 294.96)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0529, 287.17)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 41.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#898b69

Analogous

#69788b

#6b698b

#7c698b

Triadic

#6b698b

#8b6b69

#698b6b

Split-complementary

#6b698b

#8b7c69

#788b69

Tetradic

#6b698b

#8b6989

#898b69

#698b6b

Square

#6b698b

#8b6978

#898b69

#698b7c

Shades

Color #6b698b mixed toward black.

#595774

#47465d

#353445

#24232e

#121117

Tints

Color #6b698b mixed toward white.

#82819f

#9b9ab3

#b4b3c6

#cdccd9

#e6e6ec

Tones

Color #6b698b mixed toward gray.

#6d6c88

#706f85

#727182

#757480

#77777d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a84 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#6a6a82 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#6b7e7c · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b698b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b698b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6b698b (#6b698b) is rgb(107, 105, 139) in RGB.

No, #6b698b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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