#6e6d78

Color #6e6d78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.85 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6d78

RGB

rgb(110, 109, 120)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 4.8%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 9.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(46.46, 2.71, -5.95)

LCH

lch(46.46, 6.54, 294.49)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.017, 289.93)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 42.7%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77786d

Analogous

#6d7178

#6e6d78

#746d78

Triadic

#6e6d78

#786e6d

#6d786e

Split-complementary

#6e6d78

#78746d

#71786d

Tetradic

#6e6d78

#786d77

#77786d

#6d786e

Square

#6e6d78

#786d71

#77786d

#6d7874

Shades

Color #6e6d78 mixed toward black.

#5c5b64

#494950

#37363c

#252428

#121214

Tints

Color #6e6d78 mixed toward white.

#858490

#9e9da6

#b6b5bc

#ceced2

#e7e6e9

Tones

Color #6e6d78 mixed toward gray.

#6f6e77

#706f76

#707075

#717174

#727273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e75 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#6e6e75 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#6e7373 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6d78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6d78]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e6d78 (#6e6d78) is rgb(110, 109, 120) in RGB.

No, #6e6d78 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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