#6974b4

Color #6974b4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6974b4

RGB

rgb(105, 116, 180)

HSL

hsl(231.2, 33.3%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.2, 41.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(50.44, 12.53, -35.22)

LCH

lch(50.44, 37.38, 289.58)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0993, 275.43)

HWB

hwb(231.2, 41.2%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4a969

Analogous

#699ab4

#6974b4

#8469b4

Triadic

#6974b4

#b46974

#74b469

Split-complementary

#6974b4

#b48469

#9ab469

Tetradic

#6974b4

#a969b4

#b4a969

#74b469

Square

#6974b4

#b4699a

#b4a969

#69b484

Shades

Color #6974b4 mixed toward black.

#4f5b9e

#3f497f

#30375f

#20243f

#101220

Tints

Color #6974b4 mixed toward white.

#828bc0

#9ba2cd

#b4bad9

#cdd1e6

#e6e8f2

Tones

Color #6974b4 mixed toward gray.

#6f78ae

#767da8

#7c81a1

#82869b

#888a95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ea7 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#6d6ca4 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#6a9c9a · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6974b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6974b4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6974b4 (#6974b4) is rgb(105, 116, 180) in RGB.

No, #6974b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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