#6f98ae

Color #6f98ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#6f98ae

RGB

rgb(111, 152, 174)

HSL

hsl(201, 28%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201, 36.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(60.68, -8.39, -15.95)

LCH

lch(60.68, 18.02, 242.25)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0555, 232.1)

HWB

hwb(201, 43.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae856f

Analogous

#6faea5

#6f98ae

#6f79ae

Triadic

#6f98ae

#ae6f98

#98ae6f

Split-complementary

#6f98ae

#ae6f79

#aea56f

Tetradic

#6f98ae

#856fae

#ae856f

#98ae6f

Square

#6f98ae

#a56fae

#ae856f

#79ae6f

Shades

Color #6f98ae mixed toward black.

#568198

#44677a

#334d5b

#22343d

#111a1e

Tints

Color #6f98ae mixed toward white.

#87a9bc

#9fbac9

#b7cbd7

#cfdde4

#e7eef2

Tones

Color #6f98ae mixed toward gray.

#7496a9

#7a95a4

#7f939e

#849299

#899094

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383a9 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#807da8 · ΔE 18.4

Tritanopia

#72a5a4 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f98ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f98ae]

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Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6f98ae (#6f98ae) is rgb(111, 152, 174) in RGB.

No, #6f98ae 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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