#6b7c97

Color #6b7c97

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7c97

RGB

rgb(107, 124, 151)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 17.5%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 29.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(51.58, 0.31, -16.58)

LCH

lch(51.58, 16.58, 271.07)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0463, 259.54)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 42%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97866b

Analogous

#6b9297

#6b7c97

#706b97

Triadic

#6b7c97

#976b7c

#7c976b

Split-complementary

#6b7c97

#97706b

#92976b

Tetradic

#6b7c97

#866b97

#97866b

#7c976b

Square

#6b7c97

#976b92

#97866b

#6b9770

Shades

Color #6b7c97 mixed toward black.

#59677e

#475365

#353e4c

#232933

#121519

Tints

Color #6b7c97 mixed toward white.

#8492a8

#9ca8ba

#b5becb

#ced3dc

#e6e9ee

Tones

Color #6b7c97 mixed toward gray.

#6f7d93

#727e90

#767f8c

#7a7f88

#7d8085

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737391 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#727090 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#6c8c8b · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7c97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7c97]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6b7c97 (#6b7c97) is rgb(107, 124, 151) in RGB.

No, #6b7c97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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