#6c85b1

Color #6c85b1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6c85b1

RGB

rgb(108, 133, 177)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 30.7%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 39%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39%, 24.9%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(55.21, 2.38, -26.05)

LCH

lch(55.21, 26.16, 275.22)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0732, 261.52)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 42.4%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1986c

Analogous

#6ca8b1

#6c85b1

#766cb1

Triadic

#6c85b1

#b16c85

#85b16c

Split-complementary

#6c85b1

#b1766c

#a8b16c

Tetradic

#6c85b1

#986cb1

#b1986c

#85b16c

Square

#6c85b1

#b16ca8

#b1986c

#6cb176

Shades

Color #6c85b1 mixed toward black.

#526d9b

#42577c

#31415d

#212b3e

#10161f

Tints

Color #6c85b1 mixed toward white.

#8599be

#9daecb

#b6c2d8

#ced6e5

#e7ebf2

Tones

Color #6c85b1 mixed toward gray.

#7287ab

#7888a6

#7d8aa0

#838b9a

#898d94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878a8 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#7674a5 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#6da09e · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c85b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c85b1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c85b1 (#6c85b1) is rgb(108, 133, 177) in RGB.

No, #6c85b1 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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