#6d6b89

Color #6d6b89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6b89

RGB

rgb(109, 107, 137)

HSL

hsl(244, 12.3%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244, 21.9%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(46.41, 7.53, -16.19)

LCH

lch(46.41, 17.86, 294.94)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.0465, 287.77)

HWB

hwb(244, 42%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87896b

Analogous

#6b7889

#6d6b89

#7c6b89

Triadic

#6d6b89

#896d6b

#6b896d

Split-complementary

#6d6b89

#897c6b

#78896b

Tetradic

#6d6b89

#896b87

#87896b

#6b896d

Square

#6d6b89

#896b78

#87896b

#6b897c

Shades

Color #6d6b89 mixed toward black.

#5b5972

#49475b

#363544

#24242e

#121217

Tints

Color #6d6b89 mixed toward white.

#84829e

#9d9bb1

#b5b4c5

#cecdd8

#e6e6ec

Tones

Color #6d6b89 mixed toward gray.

#6f6d86

#717084

#737281

#76757f

#78777c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c83 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6c6c81 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#6d7d7c · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6b89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6b89]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6d6b89 (#6d6b89) is rgb(109, 107, 137) in RGB.

No, #6d6b89 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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