#6b7287

Color #6b7287

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7287

RGB

rgb(107, 114, 135)

HSL

hsl(225, 11.6%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 20.7%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(48.15, 2.17, -12.38)

LCH

lch(48.15, 12.57, 279.94)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0337, 270.68)

HWB

hwb(225, 42%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87806b

Analogous

#6b8087

#6b7287

#726b87

Triadic

#6b7287

#876b72

#72876b

Split-complementary

#6b7287

#87726b

#80876b

Tetradic

#6b7287

#806b87

#87806b

#72876b

Square

#6b7287

#876b80

#87806b

#6b8772

Shades

Color #6b7287 mixed toward black.

#595f71

#474c5a

#363944

#24262d

#121317

Tints

Color #6b7287 mixed toward white.

#82899c

#9ba1b0

#b4b8c4

#cdd0d8

#e6e7eb

Tones

Color #6b7287 mixed toward gray.

#6d7385

#707482

#727680

#74777e

#77787b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.38:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e82 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6e6d81 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6b7e7e · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7287;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7287]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b7287 (#6b7287) is rgb(107, 114, 135) in RGB.

No, #6b7287 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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