#6d6b7b

Color #6d6b7b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6b7b

RGB

rgb(109, 107, 123)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 13%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 13%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(45.9, 4.21, -8.59)

LCH

lch(45.9, 9.57, 296.11)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.0249, 291.2)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 42%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797b6b

Analogous

#6b717b

#6d6b7b

#756b7b

Triadic

#6d6b7b

#7b6d6b

#6b7b6d

Split-complementary

#6d6b7b

#7b756b

#717b6b

Tetradic

#6d6b7b

#7b6b79

#797b6b

#6b7b6d

Square

#6d6b7b

#7b6b71

#797b6b

#6b7b75

Shades

Color #6d6b7b mixed toward black.

#5b5967

#494752

#36353e

#242429

#121215

Tints

Color #6d6b7b mixed toward white.

#848293

#9d9ba8

#b5b4be

#cecdd4

#e6e6e9

Tones

Color #6d6b7b mixed toward gray.

#6e6c7a

#6f6e78

#706f77

#717076

#727274

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c77 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6c6c76 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6d7474 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6b7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6b7b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d6b7b (#6d6b7b) is rgb(109, 107, 123) in RGB.

No, #6d6b7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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