#6b6ca1

Color #6b6ca1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b6ca1

RGB

rgb(107, 108, 161)

HSL

hsl(238.9, 22.3%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.9, 33.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(47.53, 12.55, -28.69)

LCH

lch(47.53, 31.31, 293.63)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.0819, 282.56)

HWB

hwb(238.9, 42%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a06b

Analogous

#6b87a1

#6b6ca1

#856ba1

Triadic

#6b6ca1

#a16b6c

#6ca16b

Split-complementary

#6b6ca1

#a1856b

#87a16b

Tetradic

#6b6ca1

#a06ba1

#a1a06b

#6ca16b

Square

#6b6ca1

#a16b87

#a1a06b

#6ba185

Shades

Color #6b6ca1 mixed toward black.

#575888

#45466d

#343552

#232337

#11121b

Tints

Color #6b6ca1 mixed toward white.

#8484b1

#9c9dc0

#b5b5d0

#cecee0

#e6e6ef

Tones

Color #6b6ca1 mixed toward gray.

#6f709c

#747598

#787993

#7d7d8f

#81828a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b96 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6b94 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6b8d8b · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b6ca1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b6ca1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6b6ca1 (#6b6ca1) is rgb(107, 108, 161) in RGB.

No, #6b6ca1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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