#6f6c85

Color #6f6c85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.07 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6c85

RGB

rgb(111, 108, 133)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 10.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 18.8%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(46.71, 6.65, -13.34)

LCH

lch(46.71, 14.91, 296.5)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0388, 290.54)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 42.4%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82856c

Analogous

#6c7685

#6f6c85

#7c6c85

Triadic

#6f6c85

#856f6c

#6c856f

Split-complementary

#6f6c85

#857c6c

#76856c

Tetradic

#6f6c85

#856c82

#82856c

#6c856f

Square

#6f6c85

#856c76

#82856c

#6c857c

Shades

Color #6f6c85 mixed toward black.

#5d5a6f

#4a4859

#383643

#25242c

#131216

Tints

Color #6f6c85 mixed toward white.

#86839b

#9e9caf

#b6b5c3

#cfced7

#e7e6eb

Tones

Color #6f6c85 mixed toward gray.

#716e83

#727081

#74727f

#75747d

#77777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e80 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#6e6e7e · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#6f7b7a · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6c85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6c85]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f6c85 (#6f6c85) is rgb(111, 108, 133) in RGB.

No, #6f6c85 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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