#6c698d

Color #6c698d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c698d

RGB

rgb(108, 105, 141)

HSL

hsl(245, 14.6%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 25.5%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(45.93, 9.4, -19.32)

LCH

lch(45.93, 21.49, 295.94)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.0559, 288.14)

HWB

hwb(245, 41.2%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8d69

Analogous

#69788d

#6c698d

#7e698d

Triadic

#6c698d

#8d6c69

#698d6c

Split-complementary

#6c698d

#8d7e69

#788d69

Tetradic

#6c698d

#8d698a

#8a8d69

#698d6c

Square

#6c698d

#8d6978

#8a8d69

#698d7e

Shades

Color #6c698d mixed toward black.

#5a5775

#48465e

#363446

#24232f

#121117

Tints

Color #6c698d mixed toward white.

#8481a1

#9c9ab4

#b5b3c7

#cecdd9

#e6e6ec

Tones

Color #6c698d mixed toward gray.

#6e6c8a

#716f87

#737284

#767581

#78787e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b85 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6b6b83 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#6c7f7e · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c698d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c698d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c698d (#6c698d) is rgb(108, 105, 141) in RGB.

No, #6c698d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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