#6c6c8a

Color #6c6c8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6c8a

RGB

rgb(108, 108, 138)

HSL

hsl(240, 12.2%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 21.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(46.64, 6.83, -16.44)

LCH

lch(46.64, 17.8, 292.56)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0465, 284.69)

HWB

hwb(240, 42.4%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8a6c

Analogous

#6c7b8a

#6c6c8a

#7b6c8a

Triadic

#6c6c8a

#8a6c6c

#6c8a6c

Split-complementary

#6c6c8a

#8a7b6c

#7b8a6c

Tetradic

#6c6c8a

#8a6c8a

#8a8a6c

#6c8a6c

Square

#6c6c8a

#8a6c7b

#8a8a6c

#6c8a7b

Shades

Color #6c6c8a mixed toward black.

#5a5a73

#48485c

#363645

#24242e

#121217

Tints

Color #6c6c8a mixed toward white.

#83839e

#9c9cb2

#b5b5c5

#ceced8

#e6e6ec

Tones

Color #6c6c8a mixed toward gray.

#6e6e87

#717185

#737382

#767680

#78787d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.15:1

White text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c84 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#6c6c82 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#6c7e7d · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6c8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6c8a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6c6c8a (#6c6c8a) is rgb(108, 108, 138) in RGB.

No, #6c6c8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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