#6c707c

Color #6c707c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c707c

RGB

rgb(108, 112, 124)

HSL

hsl(225, 6.9%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 12.9%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(47.28, 1.1, -7.14)

LCH

lch(47.28, 7.22, 278.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0192, 271.19)

HWB

hwb(225, 42.4%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c786c

Analogous

#6c787c

#6c707c

#706c7c

Triadic

#6c707c

#7c6c70

#707c6c

Split-complementary

#6c707c

#7c706c

#787c6c

Tetradic

#6c707c

#786c7c

#7c786c

#707c6c

Square

#6c707c

#7c6c78

#7c786c

#6c7c70

Shades

Color #6c707c mixed toward black.

#5a5d67

#484b53

#36383e

#242529

#121315

Tints

Color #6c707c mixed toward white.

#838793

#9c9fa9

#b5b7be

#cdcfd4

#e6e7e9

Tones

Color #6c707c mixed toward gray.

#6d717b

#6f7179

#707278

#717377

#737375

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.25:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e79 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#6e6d79 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#6c7776 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c707c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c707c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c707c (#6c707c) is rgb(108, 112, 124) in RGB.

No, #6c707c 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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