#6a697c

Color #6a697c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a697c

RGB

rgb(106, 105, 124)

HSL

hsl(243.2, 8.3%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.2, 15.3%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(45.11, 4.56, -10.4)

LCH

lch(45.11, 11.36, 293.68)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.0296, 287.7)

HWB

hwb(243.2, 41.2%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7c69

Analogous

#69717c

#6a697c

#74697c

Triadic

#6a697c

#7c6a69

#697c6a

Split-complementary

#6a697c

#7c7469

#717c69

Tetradic

#6a697c

#7c697b

#7b7c69

#697c6a

Square

#6a697c

#7c6971

#7b7c69

#697c74

Shades

Color #6a697c mixed toward black.

#585767

#474653

#35343e

#232329

#121115

Tints

Color #6a697c mixed toward white.

#818094

#9a9aa9

#b4b3bf

#cdccd4

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #6a697c mixed toward gray.

#6b6b7a

#6d6c79

#6e6e77

#706f76

#717174

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a78 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6a77 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#6a7473 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a697c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a697c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a697c (#6a697c) is rgb(106, 105, 124) in RGB.

No, #6a697c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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