#6e6b85

Color #6e6b85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.62 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6b85

RGB

rgb(110, 107, 133)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 10.8%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 19.5%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(46.34, 6.9, -13.9)

LCH

lch(46.34, 15.52, 296.4)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0404, 290.27)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 42%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82856b

Analogous

#6b7585

#6e6b85

#7b6b85

Triadic

#6e6b85

#856e6b

#6b856e

Split-complementary

#6e6b85

#857b6b

#75856b

Tetradic

#6e6b85

#856b82

#82856b

#6b856e

Square

#6e6b85

#856b75

#82856b

#6b857b

Shades

Color #6e6b85 mixed toward black.

#5c596f

#494759

#373643

#25242c

#121216

Tints

Color #6e6b85 mixed toward white.

#85829b

#9e9baf

#b6b4c3

#cecdd7

#e7e6eb

Tones

Color #6e6b85 mixed toward gray.

#706d83

#716f81

#73727f

#75747c

#76767a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d7f · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6d6d7e · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6e7b7a · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6b85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6b85]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e6b85 (#6e6b85) is rgb(110, 107, 133) in RGB.

No, #6e6b85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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