#6c6188

Color #6c6188

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.14 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6188

RGB

rgb(108, 97, 136)

HSL

hsl(256.9, 16.7%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.9, 28.7%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(43.53, 13.02, -20.01)

LCH

lch(43.53, 23.87, 303.05)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0618, 297.15)

HWB

hwb(256.9, 38%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d8861

Analogous

#616a88

#6c6188

#7f6188

Triadic

#6c6188

#886c61

#61886c

Split-complementary

#6c6188

#887f61

#6a8861

Tetradic

#6c6188

#88617d

#7d8861

#61886c

Square

#6c6188

#88616a

#7d8861

#61887f

Shades

Color #6c6188 mixed toward black.

#5a5171

#48415b

#363144

#24202d

#121017

Tints

Color #6c6188 mixed toward white.

#83789f

#9c93b2

#b5aec5

#cdc9d9

#e6e4ec

Tones

Color #6c6188 mixed toward gray.

#6d6485

#6f6882

#706b7e

#726e7b

#737178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.7:1

White text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676780 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#68697e · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#6b7977 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6188;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6188]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6c6188 (#6c6188) is rgb(108, 97, 136) in RGB.

No, #6c6188 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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