#6f7e89

Color #6f7e89

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.02 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6f7e89

RGB

rgb(111, 126, 137)

HSL

hsl(205.4, 10.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.4, 19%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(19%, 8%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(51.96, -3, -7.81)

LCH

lch(51.96, 8.37, 248.99)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0244, 239.76)

HWB

hwb(205.4, 43.5%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#897a6f

Analogous

#6f8987

#6f7e89

#6f7189

Triadic

#6f7e89

#896f7e

#7e896f

Split-complementary

#6f7e89

#896f71

#89876f

Tetradic

#6f7e89

#7a6f89

#897a6f

#7e896f

Square

#6f7e89

#876f89

#897a6f

#71896f

Shades

Color #6f7e89 mixed toward black.

#5c6972

#4a545b

#373f44

#252a2e

#121517

Tints

Color #6f7e89 mixed toward white.

#86949d

#9ea9b1

#b7bfc4

#cfd4d8

#e7eaeb

Tones

Color #6f7e89 mixed toward gray.

#717e87

#737d85

#757d82

#787d80

#7a7c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767686 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#757486 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#708484 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f7e89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f7e89]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#6f7e89 (#6f7e89) is rgb(111, 126, 137) in RGB.

No, #6f7e89 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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