#6e79bb

Color #6e79bb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e79bb

RGB

rgb(110, 121, 187)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 36.2%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 41.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(52.48, 12.9, -36.02)

LCH

lch(52.48, 38.26, 289.7)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.1016, 275.65)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 43.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbb06e

Analogous

#6e9fbb

#6e79bb

#896ebb

Triadic

#6e79bb

#bb6e79

#79bb6e

Split-complementary

#6e79bb

#bb896e

#9fbb6e

Tetradic

#6e79bb

#b06ebb

#bbb06e

#79bb6e

Square

#6e79bb

#bb6e9f

#bbb06e

#6ebb89

Shades

Color #6e79bb mixed toward black.

#4f5ca8

#3f4987

#2f3765

#202543

#101222

Tints

Color #6e79bb mixed toward white.

#868fc6

#9ea6d2

#b6bcdd

#cfd2e8

#e7e9f4

Tones

Color #6e79bb mixed toward gray.

#747db5

#7b82ae

#8187a8

#888ba1

#8e909b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7373ae · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#7271ab · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#6fa3a0 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e79bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e79bb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e79bb (#6e79bb) is rgb(110, 121, 187) in RGB.

No, #6e79bb 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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