#6b7588

Color #6b7588

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.83 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7588

RGB

rgb(107, 117, 136)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 11.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 21.3%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 14%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(49.04, 0.64, -11.63)

LCH

lch(49.04, 11.65, 273.15)

OKLCH

oklch(56.1%, 0.0318, 263.32)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 42%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#887e6b

Analogous

#6b8388

#6b7588

#6f6b88

Triadic

#6b7588

#886b75

#75886b

Split-complementary

#6b7588

#886f6b

#83886b

Tetradic

#6b7588

#7e6b88

#887e6b

#75886b

Square

#6b7588

#886b83

#887e6b

#6b886f

Shades

Color #6b7588 mixed toward black.

#596171

#474e5b

#353a44

#24272d

#121317

Tints

Color #6b7588 mixed toward white.

#828c9d

#9ba3b1

#b4bac4

#cdd1d8

#e6e8eb

Tones

Color #6b7588 mixed toward gray.

#6d7685

#707683

#727781

#75787e

#77797c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White 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

#6f7084 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#6f6e83 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#6c807f · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7588;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7588]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b7588 (#6b7588) is rgb(107, 117, 136) in RGB.

No, #6b7588 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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