#6172b4

Color #6172b4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6172b4

RGB

rgb(97, 114, 180)

HSL

hsl(227.7, 35.6%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.7, 46.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(49.34, 11.66, -36.99)

LCH

lch(49.34, 38.78, 287.5)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.1042, 271.76)

HWB

hwb(227.7, 38%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4a361

Analogous

#619bb4

#6172b4

#7961b4

Triadic

#6172b4

#b46172

#72b461

Split-complementary

#6172b4

#b47961

#9bb461

Tetradic

#6172b4

#a361b4

#b4a361

#72b461

Square

#6172b4

#b4619b

#b4a361

#61b479

Shades

Color #6172b4 mixed toward black.

#4a5b9c

#3b497d

#2d375e

#1e243f

#0f121f

Tints

Color #6172b4 mixed toward white.

#7b89c0

#96a1cd

#b0b8d9

#cad0e6

#e5e7f2

Tones

Color #6172b4 mixed toward gray.

#6876ad

#6f7aa6

#767e9f

#7d8298

#848691

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.57:1

White text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969a7 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#6866a4 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#629c99 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6172b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6172b4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6172b4 (#6172b4) is rgb(97, 114, 180) in RGB.

No, #6172b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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