#6e809f

Color #6e809f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6e809f

RGB

rgb(110, 128, 159)

HSL

hsl(218, 20.3%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 30.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(53.23, 1, -18.71)

LCH

lch(53.23, 18.74, 273.06)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0521, 261.17)

HWB

hwb(218, 43.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f8d6e

Analogous

#6e989f

#6e809f

#746e9f

Triadic

#6e809f

#9f6e80

#809f6e

Split-complementary

#6e809f

#9f746e

#989f6e

Tetradic

#6e809f

#8d6e9f

#9f8d6e

#809f6e

Square

#6e809f

#9f6e98

#9f8d6e

#6e9f74

Shades

Color #6e809f mixed toward black.

#596a87

#47556c

#364051

#242a36

#12151b

Tints

Color #6e809f mixed toward white.

#8695af

#9eaabf

#b6bfcf

#cfd5df

#e7eaef

Tones

Color #6e809f mixed toward gray.

#72819b

#768297

#7a8393

#7e848f

#82858a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767698 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#757497 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#6f9391 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e809f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e809f]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e809f (#6e809f) is rgb(110, 128, 159) in RGB.

No, #6e809f 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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