#6b8eab

Color #6b8eab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.56 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8eab

RGB

rgb(107, 142, 171)

HSL

hsl(207.2, 27.6%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.2, 37.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.4%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(57.47, -4.74, -19.15)

LCH

lch(57.47, 19.73, 256.1)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.0588, 243.87)

HWB

hwb(207.2, 42%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab886b

Analogous

#6baba8

#6b8eab

#6b6eab

Triadic

#6b8eab

#ab6b8e

#8eab6b

Split-complementary

#6b8eab

#ab6b6e

#aba86b

Tetradic

#6b8eab

#886bab

#ab886b

#8eab6b

Square

#6b8eab

#a86bab

#ab886b

#6eab6b

Shades

Color #6b8eab mixed toward black.

#547794

#435f76

#324759

#22303b

#11181e

Tints

Color #6b8eab mixed toward white.

#84a1b9

#9cb4c7

#b5c6d5

#ced9e3

#e6ecf1

Tones

Color #6b8eab mixed toward gray.

#708da6

#768da0

#7b8c9b

#808c96

#868b90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ca5 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#7a77a3 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#6d9f9e · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 14

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8eab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8eab]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6b8eab (#6b8eab) is rgb(107, 142, 171) in RGB.

No, #6b8eab 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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