#6c8498

Color #6c8498

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 3.44 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c8498

RGB

rgb(108, 132, 152)

HSL

hsl(207.3, 17.6%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.3, 28.9%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(53.98, -3.75, -13.52)

LCH

lch(53.98, 14.03, 254.5)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0413, 243.68)

HWB

hwb(207.3, 42.4%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98806c

Analogous

#6c9896

#6c8498

#6c6e98

Triadic

#6c8498

#986c84

#84986c

Split-complementary

#6c8498

#986c6e

#98966c

Tetradic

#6c8498

#806c98

#98806c

#84986c

Square

#6c8498

#966c98

#98806c

#6e986c

Shades

Color #6c8498 mixed toward black.

#596e7f

#475866

#36424c

#242c33

#121619

Tints

Color #6c8498 mixed toward white.

#8599a9

#9dadba

#b6c2cc

#ced6dd

#e7ebee

Tones

Color #6c8498 mixed toward gray.

#708494

#738391

#77838d

#7b8389

#7e8286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777793 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#767492 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#6d908f · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c8498;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c8498]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6c8498 (#6c8498) is rgb(108, 132, 152) in RGB.

No, #6c8498 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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