#6d72aa

Color #6d72aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6d72aa

RGB

rgb(109, 114, 170)

HSL

hsl(235.1, 26.4%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.1, 35.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(49.72, 12, -30.52)

LCH

lch(49.72, 32.79, 291.46)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.0864, 279.4)

HWB

hwb(235.1, 42.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa56d

Analogous

#6d90aa

#6d72aa

#876daa

Triadic

#6d72aa

#aa6d72

#72aa6d

Split-complementary

#6d72aa

#aa876d

#90aa6d

Tetradic

#6d72aa

#a56daa

#aaa56d

#72aa6d

Square

#6d72aa

#aa6d90

#aaa56d

#6daa87

Shades

Color #6d72aa mixed toward black.

#565b93

#444876

#333658

#22243b

#11121d

Tints

Color #6d72aa mixed toward white.

#8589b8

#9ea1c6

#b6b8d4

#ced0e3

#e7e7f1

Tones

Color #6d72aa mixed toward gray.

#7276a5

#777aa0

#7c7f9b

#818396

#868791

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f9f · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#6f6f9c · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#6d9593 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d72aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d72aa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6d72aa (#6d72aa) is rgb(109, 114, 170) in RGB.

No, #6d72aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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