#6b7e96

Color #6b7e96

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.79 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b7e96

RGB

rgb(107, 126, 150)

HSL

hsl(213.5, 17%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.5, 28.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 16%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(52.12, -1.11, -15.19)

LCH

lch(52.12, 15.23, 265.82)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0432, 254.42)

HWB

hwb(213.5, 42%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96836b

Analogous

#6b9496

#6b7e96

#6e6b96

Triadic

#6b7e96

#966b7e

#7e966b

Split-complementary

#6b7e96

#966e6b

#94966b

Tetradic

#6b7e96

#836b96

#96836b

#7e966b

Square

#6b7e96

#966b94

#96836b

#6b966e

Shades

Color #6b7e96 mixed toward black.

#59697d

#475464

#353f4b

#242a32

#121519

Tints

Color #6b7e96 mixed toward white.

#8494a8

#9ca9b9

#b5bfcb

#ced4dc

#e6eaee

Tones

Color #6b7e96 mixed toward gray.

#6f7e92

#727f8f

#767f8b

#798088

#7d8084

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747491 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#73718f · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#6c8c8b · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b7e96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b7e96]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6b7e96 (#6b7e96) is rgb(107, 126, 150) in RGB.

No, #6b7e96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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