#6b7f9d

Color #6b7f9d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.18 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7f9d

RGB

rgb(107, 127, 157)

HSL

hsl(216, 20.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 31.8%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(52.66, 0.13, -18.43)

LCH

lch(52.66, 18.43, 270.4)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0518, 258.3)

HWB

hwb(216, 42%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d896b

Analogous

#6b989d

#6b7f9d

#706b9d

Triadic

#6b7f9d

#9d6b7f

#7f9d6b

Split-complementary

#6b7f9d

#9d706b

#989d6b

Tetradic

#6b7f9d

#896b9d

#9d896b

#7f9d6b

Square

#6b7f9d

#9d6b98

#9d896b

#6b9d70

Shades

Color #6b7f9d mixed toward black.

#586a84

#46546a

#353f4f

#232a35

#12151a

Tints

Color #6b7f9d mixed toward white.

#8494ad

#9caabe

#b5bfce

#ced4de

#e6eaef

Tones

Color #6b7f9d mixed toward gray.

#6f8099

#738195

#788291

#7c828c

#808388

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747496 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#737195 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#6c9190 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7f9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7f9d]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b7f9d (#6b7f9d) is rgb(107, 127, 157) in RGB.

No, #6b7f9d 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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