#6e6990

Color #6e6990

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6990

RGB

rgb(110, 105, 144)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 15.7%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 27.1%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 27.1%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(46.22, 10.82, -20.64)

LCH

lch(46.22, 23.3, 297.66)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.0605, 290.11)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 41.2%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b9069

Analogous

#697790

#6e6990

#816990

Triadic

#6e6990

#906e69

#69906e

Split-complementary

#6e6990

#908169

#779069

Tetradic

#6e6990

#90698b

#8b9069

#69906e

Square

#6e6990

#906977

#8b9069

#699081

Shades

Color #6e6990 mixed toward black.

#5c5778

#494660

#373448

#252330

#121118

Tints

Color #6e6990 mixed toward white.

#8681a3

#9e9ab6

#b6b3c8

#cecdda

#e7e6ed

Tones

Color #6e6990 mixed toward gray.

#706c8d

#736f89

#757386

#787683

#7a7980

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c88 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#6c6d86 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#6e817f · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6990;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6990]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e6990 (#6e6990) is rgb(110, 105, 144) in RGB.

No, #6e6990 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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