#6f6d79

Color #6f6d79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.49 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6d79

RGB

rgb(111, 109, 121)

HSL

hsl(250, 5.2%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 9.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.57, 3.3, -6.37)

LCH

lch(46.57, 7.17, 297.39)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.0186, 293.4)

HWB

hwb(250, 42.7%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77796d

Analogous

#6d7179

#6f6d79

#756d79

Triadic

#6f6d79

#796f6d

#6d796f

Split-complementary

#6f6d79

#79756d

#71796d

Tetradic

#6f6d79

#796d77

#77796d

#6d796f

Square

#6f6d79

#796d71

#77796d

#6d7975

Shades

Color #6f6d79 mixed toward black.

#5d5b65

#4a4951

#38373c

#252428

#131214

Tints

Color #6f6d79 mixed toward white.

#868490

#9e9da7

#b7b5bd

#cfced3

#e7e6e9

Tones

Color #6f6d79 mixed toward gray.

#706e78

#706f77

#717076

#727175

#727274

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e76 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6e6e76 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#6f7473 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6d79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6d79]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6f6d79 (#6f6d79) is rgb(111, 109, 121) in RGB.

No, #6f6d79 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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