#6d6b7e

Color #6d6b7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6b7e

RGB

rgb(109, 107, 126)

HSL

hsl(246.3, 8.2%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.3, 15.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(46.01, 4.9, -10.23)

LCH

lch(46.01, 11.34, 295.59)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0295, 290.22)

HWB

hwb(246.3, 42%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7e6b

Analogous

#6b737e

#6d6b7e

#776b7e

Triadic

#6d6b7e

#7e6d6b

#6b7e6d

Split-complementary

#6d6b7e

#7e776b

#737e6b

Tetradic

#6d6b7e

#7e6b7c

#7c7e6b

#6b7e6d

Square

#6d6b7e

#7e6b73

#7c7e6b

#6b7e77

Shades

Color #6d6b7e mixed toward black.

#5b5969

#494754

#36353f

#24242a

#121215

Tints

Color #6d6b7e mixed toward white.

#848295

#9d9baa

#b5b4bf

#cecdd5

#e6e6ea

Tones

Color #6d6b7e mixed toward gray.

#6e6d7c

#706e7b

#717079

#727178

#737376

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.05:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c7a · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6c79 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#6d7675 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 9.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6b7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6b7e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d6b7e (#6d6b7e) is rgb(109, 107, 126) in RGB.

No, #6d6b7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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