#6c849e

Color #6c849e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6c849e

RGB

rgb(108, 132, 158)

HSL

hsl(211.2, 20.5%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.2, 31.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(54.19, -2.2, -16.67)

LCH

lch(54.19, 16.81, 262.48)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0485, 250.74)

HWB

hwb(211.2, 42.4%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e866c

Analogous

#6c9d9e

#6c849e

#6d6c9e

Triadic

#6c849e

#9e6c84

#849e6c

Split-complementary

#6c849e

#9e6d6c

#9d9e6c

Tetradic

#6c849e

#866c9e

#9e866c

#849e6c

Square

#6c849e

#9e6c9d

#9e866c

#6c9e6d

Shades

Color #6c849e mixed toward black.

#586e86

#47586b

#354250

#232c35

#12161b

Tints

Color #6c849e mixed toward white.

#8599ae

#9dadbe

#b6c2cf

#ced6df

#e7ebef

Tones

Color #6c849e mixed toward gray.

#70849a

#748496

#798592

#7d858d

#818589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777798 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#767497 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#6d9392 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c849e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c849e]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6c849e (#6c849e) is rgb(108, 132, 158) in RGB.

No, #6c849e 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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