#6d727f

Color #6d727f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 6.37 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d727f

RGB

rgb(109, 114, 127)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 7.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 14.2%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(48.03, 0.97, -7.79)

LCH

lch(48.03, 7.85, 277.1)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.021, 268.91)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 42.7%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7a6d

Analogous

#6d7b7f

#6d727f

#716d7f

Triadic

#6d727f

#7f6d72

#727f6d

Split-complementary

#6d727f

#7f716d

#7b7f6d

Tetradic

#6d727f

#7a6d7f

#7f7a6d

#727f6d

Square

#6d727f

#7f6d7b

#7f7a6d

#6d7f71

Shades

Color #6d727f mixed toward black.

#5b5f6a

#494c55

#373940

#24262a

#121315

Tints

Color #6d727f mixed toward white.

#848996

#9da1ab

#b5b8c0

#ced0d5

#e6e7ea

Tones

Color #6d727f mixed toward gray.

#6f737e

#70737c

#72747b

#737579

#757578

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.36:1

White text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f7c · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6f6f7b · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#6d7a79 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 6.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d727f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d727f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d727f (#6d727f) is rgb(109, 114, 127) in RGB.

No, #6d727f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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