#6b6f80

Color #6b6f80

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.32 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b6f80

RGB

rgb(107, 111, 128)

HSL

hsl(228.6, 8.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.6, 16.4%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(47.04, 2.27, -9.88)

LCH

lch(47.04, 10.14, 282.94)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.0269, 274.91)

HWB

hwb(228.6, 42%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#807c6b

Analogous

#6b7a80

#6b6f80

#726b80

Triadic

#6b6f80

#806b6f

#6f806b

Split-complementary

#6b6f80

#80726b

#7a806b

Tetradic

#6b6f80

#7c6b80

#807c6b

#6f806b

Square

#6b6f80

#806b7a

#807c6b

#6b8072

Shades

Color #6b6f80 mixed toward black.

#595d6b

#474a55

#363840

#24252b

#121315

Tints

Color #6b6f80 mixed toward white.

#828697

#9b9eac

#b4b6c0

#cdcfd5

#e6e7ea

Tones

Color #6b6f80 mixed toward gray.

#6d707e

#6f717d

#70727b

#727379

#747477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d7c · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#6d6c7b · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#6b7978 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 8.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b6f80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b6f80]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6b6f80 (#6b6f80) is rgb(107, 111, 128) in RGB.

No, #6b6f80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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