#6d7d97

Color #6d7d97

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.96 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d7d97

RGB

rgb(109, 125, 151)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 16.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 27.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(52.01, 0.36, -15.92)

LCH

lch(52.01, 15.92, 271.3)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.0443, 260.11)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 42.7%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97876d

Analogous

#6d9297

#6d7d97

#726d97

Triadic

#6d7d97

#976d7d

#7d976d

Split-complementary

#6d7d97

#97726d

#92976d

Tetradic

#6d7d97

#876d97

#97876d

#7d976d

Square

#6d7d97

#976d92

#97876d

#6d9772

Shades

Color #6d7d97 mixed toward black.

#5a687f

#485365

#363e4c

#242a33

#121519

Tints

Color #6d7d97 mixed toward white.

#8593a8

#9ea8ba

#b6becb

#ced4dc

#e7e9ee

Tones

Color #6d7d97 mixed toward gray.

#717e94

#747f90

#78808d

#7b8089

#7f8186

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747491 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#737290 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#6e8c8b · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d7d97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d7d97]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6d7d97 (#6d7d97) is rgb(109, 125, 151) in RGB.

No, #6d7d97 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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