#6a6da6

Color #6a6da6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6da6

RGB

rgb(106, 109, 166)

HSL

hsl(237, 25.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237, 36.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(47.95, 13.04, -30.97)

LCH

lch(47.95, 33.6, 292.83)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0881, 280.8)

HWB

hwb(237, 41.6%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6a36a

Analogous

#6a8ba6

#6a6da6

#856aa6

Triadic

#6a6da6

#a66a6d

#6da66a

Split-complementary

#6a6da6

#a6856a

#8ba66a

Tetradic

#6a6da6

#a36aa6

#a6a36a

#6da66a

Square

#6a6da6

#a66a8b

#a6a36a

#6aa685

Shades

Color #6a6da6 mixed toward black.

#55588e

#444671

#333555

#222339

#11121c

Tints

Color #6a6da6 mixed toward white.

#8385b5

#9c9ec4

#b4b6d2

#cdcee1

#e6e7f0

Tones

Color #6a6da6 mixed toward gray.

#6f71a1

#74769c

#797a97

#7e7f92

#83838d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b9b · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#6b6b98 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#6a918f · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6da6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6da6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6a6da6 (#6a6da6) is rgb(106, 109, 166) in RGB.

No, #6a6da6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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