#6e7985

Color #6e7985

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.74 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e7985

RGB

rgb(110, 121, 133)

HSL

hsl(211.3, 9.5%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.3, 17.3%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 9%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(50.31, -1.39, -7.92)

LCH

lch(50.31, 8.04, 260.05)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.0227, 250.45)

HWB

hwb(211.3, 43.1%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#857a6e

Analogous

#6e8485

#6e7985

#6e6e85

Triadic

#6e7985

#856e79

#79856e

Split-complementary

#6e7985

#856e6e

#84856e

Tetradic

#6e7985

#7a6e85

#857a6e

#79856e

Square

#6e7985

#856e84

#857a6e

#6e856e

Shades

Color #6e7985 mixed toward black.

#5c656f

#495159

#373c42

#25282c

#121416

Tints

Color #6e7985 mixed toward white.

#858f9a

#9da6ae

#b6bcc3

#ced2d7

#e7e9eb

Tones

Color #6e7985 mixed toward gray.

#707983

#727981

#74797f

#76797d

#77797b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737382 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#727182 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#6f807f · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 6.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e7985;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e7985]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6e7985 (#6e7985) is rgb(110, 121, 133) in RGB.

No, #6e7985 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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