#6c78b9

Color #6c78b9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.83 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c78b9

RGB

rgb(108, 120, 185)

HSL

hsl(230.6, 35.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.6, 41.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.6%, 35.1%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(51.98, 12.38, -35.68)

LCH

lch(51.98, 37.77, 289.14)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.1005, 274.97)

HWB

hwb(230.6, 42.4%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9ad6c

Analogous

#6c9fb9

#6c78b9

#876cb9

Triadic

#6c78b9

#b96c78

#78b96c

Split-complementary

#6c78b9

#b9876c

#9fb96c

Tetradic

#6c78b9

#ad6cb9

#b9ad6c

#78b96c

Square

#6c78b9

#b96c9f

#b9ad6c

#6cb987

Shades

Color #6c78b9 mixed toward black.

#4f5ca6

#3f4a84

#2f3763

#202542

#101221

Tints

Color #6c78b9 mixed toward white.

#858fc5

#9da5d0

#b6bcdc

#ced2e8

#e7e9f3

Tones

Color #6c78b9 mixed toward gray.

#737db3

#7981ac

#7f85a6

#868a9f

#8c8e99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171ac · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#7170a9 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#6da19e · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c78b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c78b9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c78b9 (#6c78b9) is rgb(108, 120, 185) in RGB.

No, #6c78b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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