#6b7988

Color #6b7988

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 2.77 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7988

RGB

rgb(107, 121, 136)

HSL

hsl(211, 11.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211, 21.3%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.3%, 11%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(50.19, -1.7, -9.9)

LCH

lch(50.19, 10.04, 260.26)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.0286, 250.17)

HWB

hwb(211, 42%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#887a6b

Analogous

#6b8788

#6b7988

#6b6b88

Triadic

#6b7988

#886b79

#79886b

Split-complementary

#6b7988

#886b6b

#87886b

Tetradic

#6b7988

#7a6b88

#887a6b

#79886b

Square

#6b7988

#886b87

#887a6b

#6b886b

Shades

Color #6b7988 mixed toward black.

#596571

#47515b

#353c44

#24282d

#121417

Tints

Color #6b7988 mixed toward white.

#828f9d

#9ba6b1

#b4bcc4

#cdd2d8

#e6e9eb

Tones

Color #6b7988 mixed toward gray.

#6d7985

#707983

#727981

#75797e

#77797c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717185 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#716f84 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#6c8281 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 8.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7988;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7988]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6b7988 (#6b7988) is rgb(107, 121, 136) in RGB.

No, #6b7988 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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