#6d7278

Color #6d7278

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.25 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d7278

RGB

rgb(109, 114, 120)

HSL

hsl(212.7, 4.8%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.7, 9.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.2%, 5%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(47.81, -0.6, -3.96)

LCH

lch(47.81, 4.01, 261.38)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0111, 252.71)

HWB

hwb(212.7, 42.7%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78736d

Analogous

#6d7778

#6d7278

#6d6d78

Triadic

#6d7278

#786d72

#72786d

Split-complementary

#6d7278

#786d6d

#77786d

Tetradic

#6d7278

#736d78

#78736d

#72786d

Square

#6d7278

#786d77

#78736d

#6d786d

Shades

Color #6d7278 mixed toward black.

#5b5f64

#494c50

#36393c

#242628

#121314

Tints

Color #6d7278 mixed toward white.

#848990

#9da1a6

#b5b8bc

#ced0d2

#e6e7e9

Tones

Color #6d7278 mixed toward gray.

#6e7277

#6f7276

#707275

#717274

#727273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f77 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#6f6f76 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#6d7575 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d7278;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d7278]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6d7278 (#6d7278) is rgb(109, 114, 120) in RGB.

No, #6d7278 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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