#6b8197

Color #6b8197

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.87 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8197

RGB

rgb(107, 129, 151)

HSL

hsl(210, 17.5%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 29.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(53.02, -2.59, -14.41)

LCH

lch(53.02, 14.64, 259.81)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0424, 248.57)

HWB

hwb(210, 42%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97816b

Analogous

#6b9797

#6b8197

#6b6b97

Triadic

#6b8197

#976b81

#81976b

Split-complementary

#6b8197

#976b6b

#97976b

Tetradic

#6b8197

#816b97

#97816b

#81976b

Square

#6b8197

#976b97

#97816b

#6b976b

Shades

Color #6b8197 mixed toward black.

#596c7e

#475665

#35414c

#232b33

#121619

Tints

Color #6b8197 mixed toward white.

#8496a8

#9cabba

#b5c0cb

#ced5dc

#e6eaee

Tones

Color #6b8197 mixed toward gray.

#6f8193

#728190

#76818c

#7a8188

#7d8185

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757592 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#747291 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#6c8e8d · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8197;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8197]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#6b8197 (#6b8197) is rgb(107, 129, 151) in RGB.

No, #6b8197 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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