#6e7a8a

Color #6e7a8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 2.5 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6e7a8a

RGB

rgb(110, 122, 138)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 11.3%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 20.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(50.77, -0.79, -10.18)

LCH

lch(50.77, 10.21, 265.56)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.0285, 255.57)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 43.1%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a7e6e

Analogous

#6e888a

#6e7a8a

#706e8a

Triadic

#6e7a8a

#8a6e7a

#7a8a6e

Split-complementary

#6e7a8a

#8a706e

#888a6e

Tetradic

#6e7a8a

#7e6e8a

#8a7e6e

#7a8a6e

Square

#6e7a8a

#8a6e88

#8a7e6e

#6e8a70

Shades

Color #6e7a8a mixed toward black.

#5c6673

#49515c

#373d45

#25292e

#121417

Tints

Color #6e7a8a mixed toward white.

#85909e

#9ea6b1

#b6bcc5

#ced3d8

#e7e9ec

Tones

Color #6e7a8a mixed toward gray.

#707a88

#737b85

#757b83

#777b81

#7a7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737386 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#737285 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#6f8383 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 8.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e7a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e7a8a]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e7a8a (#6e7a8a) is rgb(110, 122, 138) in RGB.

No, #6e7a8a 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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