#6f798f

Color #6f798f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.84 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6f798f

RGB

rgb(111, 121, 143)

HSL

hsl(221.3, 12.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.3, 22.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(50.73, 1.35, -13.17)

LCH

lch(50.73, 13.24, 275.85)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.036, 266.02)

HWB

hwb(221.3, 43.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f856f

Analogous

#6f898f

#6f798f

#756f8f

Triadic

#6f798f

#8f6f79

#798f6f

Split-complementary

#6f798f

#8f756f

#898f6f

Tetradic

#6f798f

#856f8f

#8f856f

#798f6f

Square

#6f798f

#8f6f89

#8f856f

#6f8f75

Shades

Color #6f798f mixed toward black.

#5c6577

#4a515f

#373c47

#252830

#121418

Tints

Color #6f798f mixed toward white.

#878fa2

#9fa6b4

#b7bcc7

#cfd2da

#e7e9ec

Tones

Color #6f798f mixed toward gray.

#727a8c

#747b8a

#777c87

#7a7d84

#7c7e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73748a · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#737289 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#708685 · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f798f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f798f]

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

#6f798f (#6f798f) is rgb(111, 121, 143) in RGB.

No, #6f798f 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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