#6257b1

Color #6257b1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6257b1

RGB

rgb(98, 87, 177)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 36.6%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 50.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 50.8%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(42.13, 27.66, -46.68)

LCH

lch(42.13, 54.26, 300.65)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.138, 286.03)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 34.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6b157

Analogous

#5779b1

#6257b1

#8f57b1

Triadic

#6257b1

#b16257

#57b162

Split-complementary

#6257b1

#b18f57

#79b157

Tetradic

#6257b1

#b157a6

#a6b157

#57b162

Square

#6257b1

#b15779

#a6b157

#57b18f

Shades

Color #6257b1 mixed toward black.

#504696

#403878

#302a5a

#201c3c

#100e1e

Tints

Color #6257b1 mixed toward white.

#7c73be

#968fcb

#b1abd8

#cbc7e5

#e5e3f2

Tones

Color #6257b1 mixed toward gray.

#685faa

#6d66a2

#736e9b

#797593

#7e7d8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5da1 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#5e5f9d · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#61938f · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6257b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6257b1]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6257b1 (#6257b1) is rgb(98, 87, 177) in RGB.

No, #6257b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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