#6c83a8

Color #6c83a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6c83a8

RGB

rgb(108, 131, 168)

HSL

hsl(217, 25.6%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 35.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 22%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(54.29, 1.05, -22.3)

LCH

lch(54.29, 22.32, 272.7)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0627, 259.8)

HWB

hwb(217, 42.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8916c

Analogous

#6ca1a8

#6c83a8

#736ca8

Triadic

#6c83a8

#a86c83

#83a86c

Split-complementary

#6c83a8

#a8736c

#a1a86c

Tetradic

#6c83a8

#916ca8

#a8916c

#83a86c

Square

#6c83a8

#a86ca1

#a8916c

#6ca873

Shades

Color #6c83a8 mixed toward black.

#566c90

#445674

#334157

#222b3a

#11161d

Tints

Color #6c83a8 mixed toward white.

#8498b6

#9dacc5

#b5c1d3

#ced6e2

#e6eaf0

Tones

Color #6c83a8 mixed toward gray.

#7184a3

#76859e

#7b8699

#808894

#85898f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a0 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#75749e · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#6d9998 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c83a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c83a8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6c83a8 (#6c83a8) is rgb(108, 131, 168) in RGB.

No, #6c83a8 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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