#6e6b96

Color #6e6b96

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 18.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6b96

RGB

rgb(110, 107, 150)

HSL

hsl(244.2, 17%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.2, 28.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(47.02, 11.15, -22.98)

LCH

lch(47.02, 25.54, 295.88)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.0665, 287.15)

HWB

hwb(244.2, 42%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93966b

Analogous

#6b7e96

#6e6b96

#846b96

Triadic

#6e6b96

#966e6b

#6b966e

Split-complementary

#6e6b96

#96846b

#7e966b

Tetradic

#6e6b96

#966b93

#93966b

#6b966e

Square

#6e6b96

#966b7e

#93966b

#6b9684

Shades

Color #6e6b96 mixed toward black.

#5b597d

#494764

#37354b

#252432

#121219

Tints

Color #6e6b96 mixed toward white.

#8684a8

#9e9cb9

#b7b5cb

#cfcedc

#e7e6ee

Tones

Color #6e6b96 mixed toward gray.

#716f92

#74728f

#77768b

#7a7988

#7d7d84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d8d · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#6d6d8b · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#6e8684 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6b96]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e6b96 (#6e6b96) is rgb(110, 107, 150) in RGB.

No, #6e6b96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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