#6c71b6

Color #6c71b6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.23 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c71b6

RGB

rgb(108, 113, 182)

HSL

hsl(235.9, 33.6%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.9, 40.7%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 37.9%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(49.95, 15.74, -37.14)

LCH

lch(49.95, 40.34, 292.97)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.1058, 279.36)

HWB

hwb(235.9, 42.4%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b16c

Analogous

#6c96b6

#6c71b6

#8c6cb6

Triadic

#6c71b6

#b66c71

#71b66c

Split-complementary

#6c71b6

#b68c6c

#96b66c

Tetradic

#6c71b6

#b16cb6

#b6b16c

#71b66c

Square

#6c71b6

#b66c96

#b6b16c

#6cb68c

Shades

Color #6c71b6 mixed toward black.

#5056a2

#404581

#303461

#202241

#101120

Tints

Color #6c71b6 mixed toward white.

#8589c2

#9da0ce

#b6b8db

#ced0e7

#e7e7f3

Tones

Color #6c71b6 mixed toward gray.

#7277b0

#787caa

#7f81a4

#85869d

#8b8c97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ea9 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6e6ea5 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#6c9d9a · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 21.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c71b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c71b6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6c71b6 (#6c71b6) is rgb(108, 113, 182) in RGB.

No, #6c71b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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