#6a8291

Color #6a8291

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 2.89 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6a8291

RGB

rgb(106, 130, 145)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 15.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 26.9%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(53.03, -5, -10.9)

LCH

lch(53.03, 11.99, 245.36)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.036, 235.65)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 41.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91796a

Analogous

#6a918c

#6a8291

#6a6e91

Triadic

#6a8291

#916a82

#82916a

Split-complementary

#6a8291

#916a6e

#918c6a

Tetradic

#6a8291

#796a91

#91796a

#82916a

Square

#6a8291

#8c6a91

#91796a

#6e916a

Shades

Color #6a8291 mixed toward black.

#586c79

#475761

#354148

#232b30

#121618

Tints

Color #6a8291 mixed toward white.

#8297a4

#9bacb6

#b4c1c8

#cdd5db

#e6eaed

Tones

Color #6a8291 mixed toward gray.

#6d818e

#70808a

#748087

#777f84

#7a7e81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#75758e · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#74728d · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#6b8b8a · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a8291;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a8291]

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Frequently asked questions

#6a8291 (#6a8291) is rgb(106, 130, 145) in RGB.

No, #6a8291 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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