#6f6d7d

Color #6f6d7d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.05 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6d7d

RGB

rgb(111, 109, 125)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 6.8%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 12.8%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(46.71, 4.2, -8.56)

LCH

lch(46.71, 9.53, 296.14)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0248, 291.29)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 42.7%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7d6d

Analogous

#6d737d

#6f6d7d

#776d7d

Triadic

#6f6d7d

#7d6f6d

#6d7d6f

Split-complementary

#6f6d7d

#7d776d

#737d6d

Tetradic

#6f6d7d

#7d6d7b

#7b7d6d

#6d7d6f

Square

#6f6d7d

#7d6d73

#7b7d6d

#6d7d77

Shades

Color #6f6d7d mixed toward black.

#5d5b68

#4a4953

#38373f

#25242a

#131215

Tints

Color #6f6d7d mixed toward white.

#868494

#9e9da9

#b7b5bf

#cfced4

#e7e6ea

Tones

Color #6f6d7d mixed toward gray.

#706e7c

#71707a

#727179

#737278

#747476

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

#6e6e79 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6e6e78 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6f7676 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6d7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6d7d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f6d7d (#6f6d7d) is rgb(111, 109, 125) in RGB.

No, #6f6d7d 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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