#6e6eb3

Color #6e6eb3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.65 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6eb3

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 179)

HSL

hsl(240, 31.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 38.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(49.16, 17.25, -36.64)

LCH

lch(49.16, 40.5, 295.21)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.1054, 282.55)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.1%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3b36e

Analogous

#6e91b3

#6e6eb3

#916eb3

Triadic

#6e6eb3

#b36e6e

#6eb36e

Split-complementary

#6e6eb3

#b3916e

#91b36e

Tetradic

#6e6eb3

#b36eb3

#b3b36e

#6eb36e

Square

#6e6eb3

#b36e91

#b3b36e

#6eb391

Shades

Color #6e6eb3 mixed toward black.

#53539e

#42427e

#32325f

#21213f

#111120

Tints

Color #6e6eb3 mixed toward white.

#8686c0

#9e9ecc

#b7b7d9

#cfcfe6

#e7e7f2

Tones

Color #6e6eb3 mixed toward gray.

#7474ad

#7a7aa8

#7f7fa2

#85859c

#8b8b96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ea6 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6e6ea2 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#6e9a97 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 21.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6eb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6eb3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e6eb3 (#6e6eb3) is rgb(110, 110, 179) in RGB.

No, #6e6eb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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