#6f6b78

Color #6f6b78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.07 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6b78

RGB

rgb(111, 107, 120)

HSL

hsl(258.5, 5.7%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.5, 10.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(45.98, 4.28, -6.66)

LCH

lch(45.98, 7.92, 302.73)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0206, 299.68)

HWB

hwb(258.5, 42%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74786b

Analogous

#6b6d78

#6f6b78

#756b78

Triadic

#6f6b78

#786f6b

#6b786f

Split-complementary

#6f6b78

#78756b

#6d786b

Tetradic

#6f6b78

#786b74

#74786b

#6b786f

Square

#6f6b78

#786b6d

#74786b

#6b7875

Shades

Color #6f6b78 mixed toward black.

#5c5964

#4a4750

#37363c

#252428

#121214

Tints

Color #6f6b78 mixed toward white.

#868290

#9f9ba6

#b7b4bc

#cfcdd3

#e7e6e9

Tones

Color #6f6b78 mixed toward gray.

#6f6c77

#706d76

#706e75

#716f74

#717073

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.05:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d75 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6e6e74 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#6f7372 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6b78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6b78]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#6f6b78 (#6f6b78) is rgb(111, 107, 120) in RGB.

No, #6f6b78 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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