#6e8bab

Color #6e8bab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.09 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8bab

RGB

rgb(110, 139, 171)

HSL

hsl(211.5, 26.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.5, 35.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(56.8, -2.17, -20.16)

LCH

lch(56.8, 20.28, 263.86)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0587, 251.23)

HWB

hwb(211.5, 43.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab8e6e

Analogous

#6ea9ab

#6e8bab

#706eab

Triadic

#6e8bab

#ab6e8b

#8bab6e

Split-complementary

#6e8bab

#ab706e

#a9ab6e

Tetradic

#6e8bab

#8e6eab

#ab8e6e

#8bab6e

Square

#6e8bab

#ab6ea9

#ab8e6e

#6eab70

Shades

Color #6e8bab mixed toward black.

#567494

#455c77

#344559

#222e3b

#11171e

Tints

Color #6e8bab mixed toward white.

#869eb9

#9eb2c7

#b7c5d5

#cfd8e3

#e7ecf1

Tones

Color #6e8bab mixed toward gray.

#738ba6

#788ba1

#7d8c9c

#828c97

#878c92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ca4 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#7a78a2 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#709e9d · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8bab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8bab]

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

#6e8bab (#6e8bab) is rgb(110, 139, 171) in RGB.

No, #6e8bab 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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