#6b85a5

Color #6b85a5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6b85a5

RGB

rgb(107, 133, 165)

HSL

hsl(213.1, 24.4%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.1, 35.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(54.68, -1.21, -19.98)

LCH

lch(54.68, 20.02, 266.53)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0573, 253.9)

HWB

hwb(213.1, 42%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a58b6b

Analogous

#6ba2a5

#6b85a5

#6e6ba5

Triadic

#6b85a5

#a56b85

#85a56b

Split-complementary

#6b85a5

#a56e6b

#a2a56b

Tetradic

#6b85a5

#8b6ba5

#a58b6b

#85a56b

Square

#6b85a5

#a56ba2

#a58b6b

#6ba56e

Shades

Color #6b85a5 mixed toward black.

#566e8d

#455871

#334255

#222c38

#11161c

Tints

Color #6b85a5 mixed toward white.

#8499b4

#9caec3

#b5c2d2

#ced6e1

#e6ebf0

Tones

Color #6b85a5 mixed toward gray.

#7085a0

#75869b

#798696

#7e8792

#83878d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77779e · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#76749c · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#6c9897 · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b85a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b85a5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#6b85a5 (#6b85a5) is rgb(107, 133, 165) in RGB.

No, #6b85a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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