#6e6e99

Color #6e6e99

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.35 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6e99

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 153)

HSL

hsl(240, 17.4%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 28.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.1%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(47.96, 10.11, -23.28)

LCH

lch(47.96, 25.38, 293.47)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0664, 284.04)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99996e

Analogous

#6e8499

#6e6e99

#846e99

Triadic

#6e6e99

#996e6e

#6e996e

Split-complementary

#6e6e99

#99846e

#84996e

Tetradic

#6e6e99

#996e99

#99996e

#6e996e

Square

#6e6e99

#996e84

#99996e

#6e9984

Shades

Color #6e6e99 mixed toward black.

#5b5b81

#484867

#36364d

#242433

#12121a

Tints

Color #6e6e99 mixed toward white.

#8686aa

#9e9ebb

#b7b7cc

#cfcfdd

#e7e7ee

Tones

Color #6e6e99 mixed toward gray.

#727295

#757592

#79798e

#7c7c8b

#808087

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e90 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#6e6e8e · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#6e8887 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6e99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6e99]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e6e99 (#6e6e99) is rgb(110, 110, 153) in RGB.

No, #6e6e99 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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