#6e6e79

Color #6e6e79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.93 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6e79

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 121)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.8%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 9.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(46.77, 2.34, -6.08)

LCH

lch(46.77, 6.51, 291.05)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0169, 285.76)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.1%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79796e

Analogous

#6e7479

#6e6e79

#746e79

Triadic

#6e6e79

#796e6e

#6e796e

Split-complementary

#6e6e79

#79746e

#74796e

Tetradic

#6e6e79

#796e79

#79796e

#6e796e

Square

#6e6e79

#796e74

#79796e

#6e7974

Shades

Color #6e6e79 mixed toward black.

#5c5c65

#494951

#37373d

#252528

#121214

Tints

Color #6e6e79 mixed toward white.

#858590

#9e9ea6

#b6b6bd

#ceced3

#e7e7e9

Tones

Color #6e6e79 mixed toward gray.

#6f6f78

#707077

#717176

#727275

#737374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e76 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#6e6e76 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#6e7474 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6e79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6e79]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e6e79 (#6e6e79) is rgb(110, 110, 121) in RGB.

No, #6e6e79 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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