#6a85ac

Color #6a85ac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6a85ac

RGB

rgb(106, 133, 172)

HSL

hsl(215.5, 28.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.5, 38.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(54.88, 0.42, -23.7)

LCH

lch(54.88, 23.7, 271.02)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0673, 257.55)

HWB

hwb(215.5, 41.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac916a

Analogous

#6aa6ac

#6a85ac

#706aac

Triadic

#6a85ac

#ac6a85

#85ac6a

Split-complementary

#6a85ac

#ac706a

#a6ac6a

Tetradic

#6a85ac

#916aac

#ac916a

#85ac6a

Square

#6a85ac

#ac6aa6

#ac916a

#6aac70

Shades

Color #6a85ac mixed toward black.

#536e95

#425877

#324259

#212c3b

#11161e

Tints

Color #6a85ac mixed toward white.

#8399ba

#9caec8

#b5c2d5

#cdd6e3

#e6ebf1

Tones

Color #6a85ac mixed toward gray.

#7086a6

#7587a1

#7a889b

#808996

#858a90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a4 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#7573a2 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#6c9d9b · ΔE 20

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a85ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a85ac]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a85ac (#6a85ac) is rgb(106, 133, 172) in RGB.

No, #6a85ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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