#6f8dbb

Color #6f8dbb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6f8dbb

RGB

rgb(111, 141, 187)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 35.8%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 40.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(58.05, 1.37, -27.35)

LCH

lch(58.05, 27.38, 272.87)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0775, 258.76)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 43.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9d6f

Analogous

#6fb3bb

#6f8dbb

#776fbb

Triadic

#6f8dbb

#bb6f8d

#8dbb6f

Split-complementary

#6f8dbb

#bb776f

#b3bb6f

Tetradic

#6f8dbb

#9d6fbb

#bb9d6f

#8dbb6f

Square

#6f8dbb

#bb6fb3

#bb9d6f

#6fbb77

Shades

Color #6f8dbb mixed toward black.

#5073a9

#405c87

#304565

#202e43

#101722

Tints

Color #6f8dbb mixed toward white.

#87a0c6

#9fb3d2

#b7c6dd

#cfd9e8

#e7ecf4

Tones

Color #6f8dbb mixed toward gray.

#758eb5

#7c90ae

#8291a8

#8892a2

#8f949b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7db1 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#7b79af · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#71a9a7 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f8dbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f8dbb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f8dbb (#6f8dbb) is rgb(111, 141, 187) in RGB.

No, #6f8dbb 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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