#6c688e

Color #6c688e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6c688e

RGB

rgb(108, 104, 142)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 15.4%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 26.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(45.69, 10.26, -20.28)

LCH

lch(45.69, 22.73, 296.84)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.059, 289.08)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 40.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8e68

Analogous

#68778e

#6c688e

#7f688e

Triadic

#6c688e

#8e6c68

#688e6c

Split-complementary

#6c688e

#8e7f68

#778e68

Tetradic

#6c688e

#8e688a

#8a8e68

#688e6c

Square

#6c688e

#8e6877

#8a8e68

#688e7f

Shades

Color #6c688e mixed toward black.

#5a5776

#48455f

#363447

#24232f

#121118

Tints

Color #6c688e mixed toward white.

#8480a2

#9c99b5

#b5b3c7

#ceccda

#e6e6ec

Tones

Color #6c688e mixed toward gray.

#6e6b8b

#716e88

#737184

#767581

#78787e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.01:1

White text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a86 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6b6b84 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#6c7f7e · ΔE 21.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c688e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c688e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c688e (#6c688e) is rgb(108, 104, 142) in RGB.

No, #6c688e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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