#6f788a

Color #6f788a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.86 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6f788a

RGB

rgb(111, 120, 138)

HSL

hsl(220, 10.8%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 19.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 13%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(50.27, 0.72, -10.92)

LCH

lch(50.27, 10.94, 273.77)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.0299, 264.23)

HWB

hwb(220, 43.5%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a816f

Analogous

#6f858a

#6f788a

#736f8a

Triadic

#6f788a

#8a6f78

#788a6f

Split-complementary

#6f788a

#8a736f

#858a6f

Tetradic

#6f788a

#816f8a

#8a816f

#788a6f

Square

#6f788a

#8a6f85

#8a816f

#6f8a73

Shades

Color #6f788a mixed toward black.

#5d6473

#4a505c

#383c45

#25282e

#131417

Tints

Color #6f788a mixed toward white.

#868e9e

#9fa5b1

#b7bbc5

#cfd2d8

#e7e8ec

Tones

Color #6f788a mixed toward gray.

#717988

#737985

#767a83

#787b81

#7a7c7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737386 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#727285 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#6f8382 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f788a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f788a]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f788a (#6f788a) is rgb(111, 120, 138) in RGB.

No, #6f788a 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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