#6c6586

Color #6c6586

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6586

RGB

rgb(108, 101, 134)

HSL

hsl(252.7, 14%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.7, 24.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(44.54, 10.08, -17.26)

LCH

lch(44.54, 19.99, 300.29)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0519, 294.24)

HWB

hwb(252.7, 39.6%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f8665

Analogous

#656f86

#6c6586

#7d6586

Triadic

#6c6586

#866c65

#65866c

Split-complementary

#6c6586

#867d65

#6f8665

Tetradic

#6c6586

#86657f

#7f8665

#65866c

Square

#6c6586

#86656f

#7f8665

#65867d

Shades

Color #6c6586 mixed toward black.

#5a5470

#484359

#363343

#24222d

#121116

Tints

Color #6c6586 mixed toward white.

#837c9c

#9c97b0

#b5b1c4

#cdcbd8

#e6e5eb

Tones

Color #6c6586 mixed toward gray.

#6e6883

#6f6b81

#716d7e

#72707b

#747378

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69697f · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#696a7d · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#6c7978 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6586;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6586]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6c6586 (#6c6586) is rgb(108, 101, 134) in RGB.

No, #6c6586 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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