#6c79c3

Color #6c79c3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6c79c3

RGB

rgb(108, 121, 195)

HSL

hsl(231, 42%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231, 44.6%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 37.9%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(52.73, 14.73, -40.22)

LCH

lch(52.73, 42.83, 290.11)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.1137, 274.89)

HWB

hwb(231, 42.4%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3b66c

Analogous

#6ca5c3

#6c79c3

#8a6cc3

Triadic

#6c79c3

#c36c79

#79c36c

Split-complementary

#6c79c3

#c38a6c

#a5c36c

Tetradic

#6c79c3

#b66cc3

#c3b66c

#79c36c

Square

#6c79c3

#c36ca5

#c3b66c

#6cc38a

Shades

Color #6c79c3 mixed toward black.

#4959b3

#3b478f

#2c356c

#1d2448

#0f1224

Tints

Color #6c79c3 mixed toward white.

#848fcd

#9da6d7

#b5bce1

#ced2eb

#e6e9f5

Tones

Color #6c79c3 mixed toward gray.

#737ebc

#7a83b4

#8288ad

#898da6

#90929f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7272b5 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#7170b1 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#6da8a5 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c79c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c79c3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c79c3 (#6c79c3) is rgb(108, 121, 195) in RGB.

No, #6c79c3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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