#6d717f

Color #6d717f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.72 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d717f

RGB

rgb(109, 113, 127)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 7.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 14.2%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 11%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(47.74, 1.56, -8.22)

LCH

lch(47.74, 8.37, 280.75)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0222, 273.09)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 42.7%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7b6d

Analogous

#6d7a7f

#6d717f

#726d7f

Triadic

#6d717f

#7f6d71

#717f6d

Split-complementary

#6d717f

#7f726d

#7a7f6d

Tetradic

#6d717f

#7b6d7f

#7f7b6d

#717f6d

Square

#6d717f

#7f6d7a

#7f7b6d

#6d7f72

Shades

Color #6d717f mixed toward black.

#5b5e6a

#494b55

#373940

#24262a

#121315

Tints

Color #6d717f mixed toward white.

#848896

#9da0ab

#b5b8c0

#cecfd5

#e6e7ea

Tones

Color #6d717f mixed toward gray.

#6f727e

#70737c

#72747b

#737479

#757578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f7c · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#6f6e7b · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#6d7979 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 7.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d717f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d717f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d717f (#6d717f) is rgb(109, 113, 127) in RGB.

No, #6d717f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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