#6e70a0

Color #6e70a0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6e70a0

RGB

rgb(110, 112, 160)

HSL

hsl(237.6, 20.8%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.6, 31.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 30%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(48.81, 10.76, -26.09)

LCH

lch(48.81, 28.22, 292.41)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.074, 281.93)

HWB

hwb(237.6, 43.1%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09e6e

Analogous

#6e89a0

#6e70a0

#856ea0

Triadic

#6e70a0

#a06e70

#70a06e

Split-complementary

#6e70a0

#a0856e

#89a06e

Tetradic

#6e70a0

#9e6ea0

#a09e6e

#70a06e

Square

#6e70a0

#a06e89

#a09e6e

#6ea085

Shades

Color #6e70a0 mixed toward black.

#595b88

#47496d

#353751

#242436

#12121b

Tints

Color #6e70a0 mixed toward white.

#8688b0

#9ea0c0

#b6b7cf

#cfcfdf

#e7e7ef

Tones

Color #6e70a0 mixed toward gray.

#72749c

#767898

#7a7b93

#7f7f8f

#83838b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.49:1

White text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f96 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#6f6f94 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6e8e8c · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e70a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e70a0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e70a0 (#6e70a0) is rgb(110, 112, 160) in RGB.

No, #6e70a0 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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