#6c6c7e

Color #6c6c7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.03 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6c7e

RGB

rgb(108, 108, 126)

HSL

hsl(240, 7.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14.3%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(46.2, 3.94, -9.94)

LCH

lch(46.2, 10.69, 291.62)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0279, 285.38)

HWB

hwb(240, 42.4%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7e6c

Analogous

#6c757e

#6c6c7e

#756c7e

Triadic

#6c6c7e

#7e6c6c

#6c7e6c

Split-complementary

#6c6c7e

#7e756c

#757e6c

Tetradic

#6c6c7e

#7e6c7e

#7e7e6c

#6c7e6c

Square

#6c6c7e

#7e6c75

#7e7e6c

#6c7e75

Shades

Color #6c6c7e mixed toward black.

#5a5a69

#484854

#36363f

#24242a

#121215

Tints

Color #6c6c7e mixed toward white.

#838395

#9c9caa

#b5b5bf

#cdcdd5

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #6c6c7e mixed toward gray.

#6e6e7d

#6f6f7b

#71717a

#727278

#747477

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c7a · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#6c6c79 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#6c7776 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6c7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6c7e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6c6c7e (#6c6c7e) is rgb(108, 108, 126) in RGB.

No, #6c6c7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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