#6c6a81

Color #6c6a81

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6a81

RGB

rgb(108, 106, 129)

HSL

hsl(245.2, 9.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.2, 17.8%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(45.75, 5.85, -12.43)

LCH

lch(45.75, 13.74, 295.2)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.0358, 289.09)

HWB

hwb(245.2, 41.6%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f816a

Analogous

#6a7481

#6c6a81

#786a81

Triadic

#6c6a81

#816c6a

#6a816c

Split-complementary

#6c6a81

#81786a

#74816a

Tetradic

#6c6a81

#816a7f

#7f816a

#6a816c

Square

#6c6a81

#816a74

#7f816a

#6a8178

Shades

Color #6c6a81 mixed toward black.

#5a586c

#484756

#363541

#24232b

#121216

Tints

Color #6c6a81 mixed toward white.

#838198

#9c9aac

#b5b4c1

#cdcdd6

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #6c6a81 mixed toward gray.

#6e6c7f

#6f6e7d

#71707b

#727279

#747477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b7c · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6b6b7b · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6c7877 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6a81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6a81]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c6a81 (#6c6a81) is rgb(108, 106, 129) in RGB.

No, #6c6a81 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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