#6e87b1

Color #6e87b1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e87b1

RGB

rgb(110, 135, 177)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 30%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 37.9%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(55.9, 1.78, -24.97)

LCH

lch(55.9, 25.03, 274.08)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0702, 260.66)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 43.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1986e

Analogous

#6ea9b1

#6e87b1

#776eb1

Triadic

#6e87b1

#b16e87

#87b16e

Split-complementary

#6e87b1

#b1776e

#a9b16e

Tetradic

#6e87b1

#986eb1

#b1986e

#87b16e

Square

#6e87b1

#b16ea9

#b1986e

#6eb177

Shades

Color #6e87b1 mixed toward black.

#546f9c

#43587c

#32425d

#212c3e

#11161f

Tints

Color #6e87b1 mixed toward white.

#869bbe

#9eafcb

#b7c3d8

#cfd7e5

#e7ebf2

Tones

Color #6e87b1 mixed toward gray.

#7489ab

#798aa6

#7f8ba0

#848d9b

#8a8e95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7aa8 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#7876a6 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#6fa19f · ΔE 21

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e87b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e87b1]

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

#6e87b1 (#6e87b1) is rgb(110, 135, 177) in RGB.

No, #6e87b1 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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