#6b78b4

Color #6b78b4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.8 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b78b4

RGB

rgb(107, 120, 180)

HSL

hsl(229.3, 32.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.3, 40.6%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(51.67, 10.66, -33.28)

LCH

lch(51.67, 34.95, 287.76)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0934, 273.87)

HWB

hwb(229.3, 42%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4a76b

Analogous

#6b9db4

#6b78b4

#836bb4

Triadic

#6b78b4

#b46b78

#78b46b

Split-complementary

#6b78b4

#b4836b

#9db46b

Tetradic

#6b78b4

#a76bb4

#b4a76b

#78b46b

Square

#6b78b4

#b46b9d

#b4a76b

#6bb483

Shades

Color #6b78b4 mixed toward black.

#515e9f

#404c7f

#30395f

#202640

#101320

Tints

Color #6b78b4 mixed toward white.

#848fc1

#9ca5cd

#b5bcda

#ced2e6

#e6e9f3

Tones

Color #6b78b4 mixed toward gray.

#717cae

#7780a8

#7d84a2

#83889c

#898c96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171a8 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#706fa5 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#6c9e9b · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b78b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b78b4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b78b4 (#6b78b4) is rgb(107, 120, 180) in RGB.

No, #6b78b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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