#6f6aa0

Color #6f6aa0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.84 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6aa0

RGB

rgb(111, 106, 160)

HSL

hsl(245.6, 22.1%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.6, 33.8%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(47.27, 14.7, -28.48)

LCH

lch(47.27, 32.05, 297.3)

OKLCH

oklch(55.1%, 0.0831, 287.58)

HWB

hwb(245.6, 41.6%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba06a

Analogous

#6a80a0

#6f6aa0

#8a6aa0

Triadic

#6f6aa0

#a06f6a

#6aa06f

Split-complementary

#6f6aa0

#a08a6a

#80a06a

Tetradic

#6f6aa0

#a06a9b

#9ba06a

#6aa06f

Square

#6f6aa0

#a06a80

#9ba06a

#6aa08a

Shades

Color #6f6aa0 mixed toward black.

#5b5687

#49456c

#373451

#242336

#12111b

Tints

Color #6f6aa0 mixed toward white.

#8783b0

#9f9cc0

#b7b5d0

#cfcddf

#e7e6ef

Tones

Color #6f6aa0 mixed toward gray.

#736f9c

#777397

#7a7893

#7e7c8e

#81818a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.25:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d95 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6d6e92 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#6f8c8a · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 19.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6aa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6aa0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f6aa0 (#6f6aa0) is rgb(111, 106, 160) in RGB.

No, #6f6aa0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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