#6e6e85

Color #6e6e85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6e85

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 133)

HSL

hsl(240, 9.5%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 17.3%, 52.2%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(47.18, 5.1, -12.62)

LCH

lch(47.18, 13.61, 292)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.0355, 285.17)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.1%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85856e

Analogous

#6e7985

#6e6e85

#796e85

Triadic

#6e6e85

#856e6e

#6e856e

Split-complementary

#6e6e85

#85796e

#79856e

Tetradic

#6e6e85

#856e85

#85856e

#6e856e

Square

#6e6e85

#856e79

#85856e

#6e8579

Shades

Color #6e6e85 mixed toward black.

#5c5c6f

#494959

#373742

#25252c

#121216

Tints

Color #6e6e85 mixed toward white.

#85859a

#9d9dae

#b6b6c3

#ceced7

#e7e7eb

Tones

Color #6e6e85 mixed toward gray.

#707083

#727281

#74747f

#76767d

#77777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e80 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#6e6e7f · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#6e7c7b · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6e85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6e85]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e6e85 (#6e6e85) is rgb(110, 110, 133) in RGB.

No, #6e6e85 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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