#6971b2

Color #6971b2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6971b2

RGB

rgb(105, 113, 178)

HSL

hsl(233.4, 32.2%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.4, 41%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 36.5%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(49.53, 13.77, -35.5)

LCH

lch(49.53, 38.08, 291.2)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.1005, 277.37)

HWB

hwb(233.4, 41.2%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2aa69

Analogous

#6996b2

#6971b2

#8569b2

Triadic

#6971b2

#b26971

#71b269

Split-complementary

#6971b2

#b28569

#96b269

Tetradic

#6971b2

#aa69b2

#b2aa69

#71b269

Square

#6971b2

#b26996

#b2aa69

#69b285

Shades

Color #6971b2 mixed toward black.

#50589c

#40477d

#30355e

#20233e

#10121f

Tints

Color #6971b2 mixed toward white.

#8289bf

#9ba0cc

#b4b8d9

#cdd0e5

#e6e7f2

Tones

Color #6971b2 mixed toward gray.

#6f76ac

#757ba6

#7b7fa0

#81849a

#878994

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6da5 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#6c6ba2 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#699a98 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 21

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6971b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6971b2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6971b2 (#6971b2) is rgb(105, 113, 178) in RGB.

No, #6971b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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