#6a69b6

Color #6a69b6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a69b6

RGB

rgb(106, 105, 182)

HSL

hsl(240.8, 34.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240.8, 42.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(47.68, 20.09, -40.73)

LCH

lch(47.68, 45.42, 296.25)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1177, 282.47)

HWB

hwb(240.8, 41.2%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b669

Analogous

#698fb6

#6a69b6

#9169b6

Triadic

#6a69b6

#b66a69

#69b66a

Split-complementary

#6a69b6

#b69169

#8fb669

Tetradic

#6a69b6

#b669b5

#b5b669

#69b66a

Square

#6a69b6

#b6698f

#b5b669

#69b691

Shades

Color #6a69b6 mixed toward black.

#4f4ea1

#403f81

#302f61

#201f40

#101020

Tints

Color #6a69b6 mixed toward white.

#8382c2

#9c9bce

#b5b4db

#cdcde7

#e6e6f3

Tones

Color #6a69b6 mixed toward gray.

#7070b0

#7776a9

#7d7ca3

#83839c

#898996

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.31:1

White text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aa7 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6a6aa4 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#6a9b98 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a69b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a69b6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a69b6 (#6a69b6) is rgb(106, 105, 182) in RGB.

No, #6a69b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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