#6c6981

Color #6c6981

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6981

RGB

rgb(108, 105, 129)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 10.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 18.6%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(45.46, 6.45, -12.85)

LCH

lch(45.46, 14.38, 296.65)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0374, 290.81)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 41.2%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e8169

Analogous

#697281

#6c6981

#786981

Triadic

#6c6981

#816c69

#69816c

Split-complementary

#6c6981

#817869

#728169

Tetradic

#6c6981

#81697e

#7e8169

#69816c

Square

#6c6981

#816972

#7e8169

#698178

Shades

Color #6c6981 mixed toward black.

#5a576c

#484656

#363441

#24232b

#121116

Tints

Color #6c6981 mixed toward white.

#838098

#9c9aad

#b5b3c1

#cdccd6

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #6c6981 mixed toward gray.

#6e6b7f

#6f6d7d

#716f7b

#727179

#747377

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b7c · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6b7a · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#6c7776 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6981;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6981]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c6981 (#6c6981) is rgb(108, 105, 129) in RGB.

No, #6c6981 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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