#6e6c88

Color #6e6c88

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6c88

RGB

rgb(110, 108, 136)

HSL

hsl(244.3, 11.5%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.3, 20.6%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(46.73, 7.02, -15.09)

LCH

lch(46.73, 16.64, 294.95)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0434, 288.14)

HWB

hwb(244.3, 42.4%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86886c

Analogous

#6c7888

#6e6c88

#7c6c88

Triadic

#6e6c88

#886e6c

#6c886e

Split-complementary

#6e6c88

#887c6c

#78886c

Tetradic

#6e6c88

#886c86

#86886c

#6c886e

Square

#6e6c88

#886c78

#86886c

#6c887c

Shades

Color #6e6c88 mixed toward black.

#5c5a71

#49485b

#373644

#25242d

#121217

Tints

Color #6e6c88 mixed toward white.

#85839d

#9e9cb0

#b6b5c4

#ceced8

#e7e6eb

Tones

Color #6e6c88 mixed toward gray.

#706e86

#727183

#747381

#76757f

#78787c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d82 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#6d6d80 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#6e7d7c · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6c88;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6c88]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e6c88 (#6e6c88) is rgb(110, 108, 136) in RGB.

No, #6e6c88 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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