#6d6da1

Color #6d6da1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6da1

RGB

rgb(109, 109, 161)

HSL

hsl(240, 21.7%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 32.3%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 32.3%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(47.96, 12.55, -28.01)

LCH

lch(47.96, 30.69, 294.13)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0801, 283.5)

HWB

hwb(240, 42.7%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1a16d

Analogous

#6d87a1

#6d6da1

#876da1

Triadic

#6d6da1

#a16d6d

#6da16d

Split-complementary

#6d6da1

#a1876d

#87a16d

Tetradic

#6d6da1

#a16da1

#a1a16d

#6da16d

Square

#6d6da1

#a16d87

#a1a16d

#6da187

Shades

Color #6d6da1 mixed toward black.

#585889

#46466d

#353552

#232337

#12121b

Tints

Color #6d6da1 mixed toward white.

#8585b1

#9e9ec0

#b6b6d0

#cecee0

#e7e7ef

Tones

Color #6d6da1 mixed toward gray.

#71719d

#767698

#7a7a94

#7e7e90

#83838b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.35:1

White text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d96 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6d6d94 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#6d8d8b · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6da1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6da1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6d6da1 (#6d6da1) is rgb(109, 109, 161) in RGB.

No, #6d6da1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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