#6f79aa

Color #6f79aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6f79aa

RGB

rgb(111, 121, 170)

HSL

hsl(229.8, 25.8%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.8, 34.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(51.79, 8.38, -27.3)

LCH

lch(51.79, 28.56, 287.06)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0762, 274.97)

HWB

hwb(229.8, 43.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa06f

Analogous

#6f97aa

#6f79aa

#826faa

Triadic

#6f79aa

#aa6f79

#79aa6f

Split-complementary

#6f79aa

#aa826f

#97aa6f

Tetradic

#6f79aa

#a06faa

#aaa06f

#79aa6f

Square

#6f79aa

#aa6f97

#aaa06f

#6faa82

Shades

Color #6f79aa mixed toward black.

#576193

#464e76

#343a58

#23273b

#11131d

Tints

Color #6f79aa mixed toward white.

#878fb8

#9fa6c6

#b7bcd5

#cfd2e3

#e7e9f1

Tones

Color #6f79aa mixed toward gray.

#747ca5

#7980a0

#7e839b

#838696

#888991

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374a0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#73729d · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#709795 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f79aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f79aa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f79aa (#6f79aa) is rgb(111, 121, 170) in RGB.

No, #6f79aa 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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