#6d718a

Color #6d718a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.67 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6d718a

RGB

rgb(109, 113, 138)

HSL

hsl(231.7, 11.7%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.7, 21%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 18.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(48.13, 4.18, -14.17)

LCH

lch(48.13, 14.77, 286.44)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0391, 277.94)

HWB

hwb(231.7, 42.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a866d

Analogous

#6d7f8a

#6d718a

#776d8a

Triadic

#6d718a

#8a6d71

#718a6d

Split-complementary

#6d718a

#8a776d

#7f8a6d

Tetradic

#6d718a

#866d8a

#8a866d

#718a6d

Square

#6d718a

#8a6d7f

#8a866d

#6d8a77

Shades

Color #6d718a mixed toward black.

#5b5e73

#494b5c

#363845

#24262e

#121317

Tints

Color #6d718a mixed toward white.

#85889e

#9da0b2

#b6b8c5

#cecfd8

#e7e7ec

Tones

Color #6d718a mixed toward gray.

#6f7387

#727485

#747683

#777880

#797a7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.38:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f84 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#6f6e83 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#6d807f · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d718a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d718a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d718a (#6d718a) is rgb(109, 113, 138) in RGB.

No, #6d718a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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