#6b72ae

Color #6b72ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.87 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b72ae

RGB

rgb(107, 114, 174)

HSL

hsl(233.7, 29.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.7, 38.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(49.76, 12.56, -32.81)

LCH

lch(49.76, 35.13, 290.95)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.0927, 277.94)

HWB

hwb(233.7, 42%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea76b

Analogous

#6b94ae

#6b72ae

#856bae

Triadic

#6b72ae

#ae6b72

#72ae6b

Split-complementary

#6b72ae

#ae856b

#94ae6b

Tetradic

#6b72ae

#a76bae

#aea76b

#72ae6b

Square

#6b72ae

#ae6b94

#aea76b

#6bae85

Shades

Color #6b72ae mixed toward black.

#535a97

#424879

#32365b

#21243d

#11121e

Tints

Color #6b72ae mixed toward white.

#848abc

#9ca1c9

#b5b9d7

#ced0e4

#e6e8f2

Tones

Color #6b72ae mixed toward gray.

#7176a8

#767ba3

#7c7f9d

#818498

#878892

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ea2 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#6e6d9f · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6b9895 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b72ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b72ae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6b72ae (#6b72ae) is rgb(107, 114, 174) in RGB.

No, #6b72ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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