#6e7181

Color #6e7181

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.85 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e7181

RGB

rgb(110, 113, 129)

HSL

hsl(230.5, 7.9%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.5, 14.7%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(47.89, 2.38, -9.18)

LCH

lch(47.89, 9.48, 284.53)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.025, 277.13)

HWB

hwb(230.5, 43.1%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#817e6e

Analogous

#6e7b81

#6e7181

#756e81

Triadic

#6e7181

#816e71

#71816e

Split-complementary

#6e7181

#81756e

#7b816e

Tetradic

#6e7181

#7e6e81

#817e6e

#71816e

Square

#6e7181

#816e7b

#817e6e

#6e8175

Shades

Color #6e7181 mixed toward black.

#5c5e6c

#494b56

#373941

#25262b

#121316

Tints

Color #6e7181 mixed toward white.

#858897

#9ea0ac

#b6b8c1

#cecfd5

#e7e7ea

Tones

Color #6e7181 mixed toward gray.

#70727f

#71737e

#73747c

#74757b

#767779

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f7d · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#6f6f7c · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#6e7a7a · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e7181;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e7181]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e7181 (#6e7181) is rgb(110, 113, 129) in RGB.

No, #6e7181 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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