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Slate Blue Color

#6a5acd

Slate Blue Color

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A muted blue-purple named after slate rock with a bluish cast.

Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a5acd

RGB

rgb(106, 90, 205)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 53.5%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 56.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(45.34, 36.04, -57.77)

LCH

lch(45.34, 68.09, 301.96)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.1713, 285.55)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 35.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdcd5a

Analogous

#5a83cd

#6a5acd

#a35acd

Triadic

#6a5acd

#cd6a5a

#5acd6a

Split-complementary

#6a5acd

#cda35a

#83cd5a

Tetradic

#6a5acd

#cd5abd

#bdcd5a

#5acd6a

Square

#6a5acd

#cd5a83

#bdcd5a

#5acda3

Shades

Slate Blue Color mixed toward black.

#4b39bd

#3c2e97

#2d2271

#1e174b

#0f0b26

Tints

Slate Blue Color mixed toward white.

#8375d5

#9b91de

#b4ace6

#cdc8ee

#e6e3f7

Tones

Slate Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#7163c3

#786dba

#7f77b0

#8680a7

#8c8a9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.96:1

White text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363b9 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#6466b4 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#69a8a4 · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a5acd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a5acd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

Slate Blue (#6a5acd) is rgb(106, 90, 205) in RGB.

No, #6a5acd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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