#6956aa

Color #6956aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6956aa

RGB

rgb(105, 86, 170)

HSL

hsl(253.6, 33.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.6, 49.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.2%, 49.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(42.09, 28, -42.58)

LCH

lch(42.09, 50.96, 303.33)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.1295, 291.57)

HWB

hwb(253.6, 33.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97aa56

Analogous

#566daa

#6956aa

#9356aa

Triadic

#6956aa

#aa6956

#56aa69

Split-complementary

#6956aa

#aa9356

#6daa56

Tetradic

#6956aa

#aa5697

#97aa56

#56aa69

Square

#6956aa

#aa566d

#97aa56

#56aa93

Shades

Color #6956aa mixed toward black.

#57478e

#463972

#342b55

#231d39

#110e1c

Tints

Color #6956aa mixed toward white.

#8272b8

#9b8ec6

#b4aad5

#cdc7e3

#e6e3f1

Tones

Color #6956aa mixed toward gray.

#6d5da3

#71649c

#756b95

#78728e

#7c7987

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.51:1

White text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61619b · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#626497 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#688d8a · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 24.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6956aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6956aa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#6956aa (#6956aa) is rgb(105, 86, 170) in RGB.

No, #6956aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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