#6e66b3

Color #6e66b3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.85 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6e66b3

RGB

rgb(110, 102, 179)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 33.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 43%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 43%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(47.07, 22.12, -39.93)

LCH

lch(47.07, 45.65, 298.99)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.1174, 286.63)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 40%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb366

Analogous

#6685b3

#6e66b3

#9466b3

Triadic

#6e66b3

#b36e66

#66b36e

Split-complementary

#6e66b3

#b39466

#85b366

Tetradic

#6e66b3

#b366ab

#abb366

#66b36e

Square

#6e66b3

#b36685

#abb366

#66b394

Shades

Color #6e66b3 mixed toward black.

#564e9c

#453e7d

#342f5e

#221f3f

#11101f

Tints

Color #6e66b3 mixed toward white.

#8680c0

#9e99cc

#b6b3d9

#cfcce6

#e7e6f2

Tones

Color #6e66b3 mixed toward gray.

#736cad

#7873a6

#7d79a0

#828099

#878693

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ba5 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6ca1 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#6e9895 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e66b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e66b3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e66b3 (#6e66b3) is rgb(110, 102, 179) in RGB.

No, #6e66b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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