#6a697d

Color #6a697d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.37 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6a697d

RGB

rgb(106, 105, 125)

HSL

hsl(243, 8.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243, 16%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 16%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(45.15, 4.8, -10.95)

LCH

lch(45.15, 11.96, 293.67)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.0312, 287.56)

HWB

hwb(243, 41.2%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7d69

Analogous

#69727d

#6a697d

#74697d

Triadic

#6a697d

#7d6a69

#697d6a

Split-complementary

#6a697d

#7d7469

#727d69

Tetradic

#6a697d

#7d697c

#7c7d69

#697d6a

Square

#6a697d

#7d6972

#7c7d69

#697d74

Shades

Color #6a697d mixed toward black.

#585768

#474653

#35343f

#23232a

#121115

Tints

Color #6a697d mixed toward white.

#818094

#9a9aaa

#b4b3bf

#cdccd4

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #6a697d mixed toward gray.

#6c6b7b

#6d6c7a

#6f6e78

#707076

#727175

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a79 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#6a6a77 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6a7574 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 10.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a697d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a697d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a697d (#6a697d) is rgb(106, 105, 125) in RGB.

No, #6a697d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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