#6d7178

Color #6d7178

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6d7178

RGB

rgb(109, 113, 120)

HSL

hsl(218.2, 4.8%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.2, 9.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(47.52, -0.02, -4.39)

LCH

lch(47.52, 4.39, 269.74)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0119, 261.8)

HWB

hwb(218.2, 42.7%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78746d

Analogous

#6d7678

#6d7178

#6f6d78

Triadic

#6d7178

#786d71

#71786d

Split-complementary

#6d7178

#786f6d

#76786d

Tetradic

#6d7178

#746d78

#78746d

#71786d

Square

#6d7178

#786d76

#78746d

#6d786f

Shades

Color #6d7178 mixed toward black.

#5b5e64

#494b50

#36383c

#242628

#121314

Tints

Color #6d7178 mixed toward white.

#848890

#9da0a6

#b5b8bc

#ced0d2

#e6e7e9

Tones

Color #6d7178 mixed toward gray.

#6e7177

#6f7176

#707275

#717274

#727273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f76 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#6f6e76 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#6d7575 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d7178;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d7178]

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

#6d7178 (#6d7178) is rgb(109, 113, 120) in RGB.

No, #6d7178 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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