#6d7274

Color #6d7274

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.99 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d7274

RGB

rgb(109, 114, 116)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 3.1%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 6%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 1.7%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(47.68, -1.47, -1.76)

LCH

lch(47.68, 2.29, 230.13)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0069, 223.23)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 42.7%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#746f6d

Analogous

#6d7472

#6d7274

#6d6e74

Triadic

#6d7274

#746d72

#72746d

Split-complementary

#6d7274

#746d6e

#74726d

Tetradic

#6d7274

#6f6d74

#746f6d

#72746d

Square

#6d7274

#726d74

#746f6d

#6e746d

Shades

Color #6d7274 mixed toward black.

#5b5f61

#494c4d

#36393a

#242627

#121313

Tints

Color #6d7274 mixed toward white.

#858a8c

#9da1a3

#b6b9ba

#ced0d1

#e7e8e8

Tones

Color #6d7274 mixed toward gray.

#6e7273

#6e7173

#6f7172

#707171

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.31:1

White text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f74 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#6f6f73 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#6d7373 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 2.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d7274;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d7274]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6d7274 (#6d7274) is rgb(109, 114, 116) in RGB.

No, #6d7274 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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