#6e6a79

Color #6e6a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6a79

RGB

rgb(110, 106, 121)

HSL

hsl(256, 6.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256, 12.4%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(45.64, 4.73, -7.77)

LCH

lch(45.64, 9.1, 301.33)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.0236, 297.76)

HWB

hwb(256, 41.6%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75796a

Analogous

#6a6d79

#6e6a79

#756a79

Triadic

#6e6a79

#796e6a

#6a796e

Split-complementary

#6e6a79

#79756a

#6d796a

Tetradic

#6e6a79

#796a75

#75796a

#6a796e

Square

#6e6a79

#796a6d

#75796a

#6a7975

Shades

Color #6e6a79 mixed toward black.

#5c5865

#494751

#37353c

#252328

#121214

Tints

Color #6e6a79 mixed toward white.

#858191

#9e9aa7

#b6b4bd

#cecdd3

#e7e6e9

Tones

Color #6e6a79 mixed toward gray.

#6f6b78

#6f6c76

#706e75

#706f74

#717073

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c76 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#6d6d75 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#6e7372 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 8.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6a79]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6e6a79 (#6e6a79) is rgb(110, 106, 121) in RGB.

No, #6e6a79 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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