#6e6e73

Color #6e6e73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.67 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6e73

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 115)

HSL

hsl(240, 2.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 4.3%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(46.58, 1.04, -2.77)

LCH

lch(46.58, 2.96, 290.58)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0077, 285.84)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.1%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73736e

Analogous

#6e7073

#6e6e73

#706e73

Triadic

#6e6e73

#736e6e

#6e736e

Split-complementary

#6e6e73

#73706e

#70736e

Tetradic

#6e6e73

#736e73

#73736e

#6e736e

Square

#6e6e73

#736e70

#73736e

#6e7370

Shades

Color #6e6e73 mixed toward black.

#5c5c60

#49494d

#373739

#252526

#121213

Tints

Color #6e6e73 mixed toward white.

#86868b

#9e9ea2

#b6b6b9

#ceced1

#e7e7e8

Tones

Color #6e6e73 mixed toward gray.

#6e6e73

#6f6f72

#707071

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e72 · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#6e6e72 · ΔE 0.6

Tritanopia

#6e7171 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6e73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6e73]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e6e73 (#6e6e73) is rgb(110, 110, 115) in RGB.

No, #6e6e73 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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