#6b7a96

Color #6b7a96

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7a96

RGB

rgb(107, 122, 150)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 17%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 28.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(50.97, 1.22, -16.92)

LCH

lch(50.97, 16.96, 274.12)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0469, 262.77)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 42%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96876b

Analogous

#6b8f96

#6b7a96

#726b96

Triadic

#6b7a96

#966b7a

#7a966b

Split-complementary

#6b7a96

#96726b

#8f966b

Tetradic

#6b7a96

#876b96

#96876b

#7a966b

Square

#6b7a96

#966b8f

#96876b

#6b9672

Shades

Color #6b7a96 mixed toward black.

#59667d

#475164

#353d4b

#242932

#121419

Tints

Color #6b7a96 mixed toward white.

#8490a8

#9ca6b9

#b5bccb

#ced3dc

#e6e9ee

Tones

Color #6b7a96 mixed toward gray.

#6f7b92

#727c8f

#767d8b

#797e88

#7d7f84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727290 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#71708e · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#6c8b8a · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7a96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7a96]

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

#6b7a96 (#6b7a96) is rgb(107, 122, 150) in RGB.

No, #6b7a96 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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