#6e6d79

Color #6e6d79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6d79

RGB

rgb(110, 109, 121)

HSL

hsl(245, 5.2%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245, 9.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.49, 2.94, -6.5)

LCH

lch(46.49, 7.13, 294.34)

OKLCH

oklch(54%, 0.0186, 289.51)

HWB

hwb(245, 42.7%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78796d

Analogous

#6d7279

#6e6d79

#746d79

Triadic

#6e6d79

#796e6d

#6d796e

Split-complementary

#6e6d79

#79746d

#72796d

Tetradic

#6e6d79

#796d78

#78796d

#6d796e

Square

#6e6d79

#796d72

#78796d

#6d7974

Shades

Color #6e6d79 mixed toward black.

#5c5b65

#494951

#37373c

#252428

#121214

Tints

Color #6e6d79 mixed toward white.

#858490

#9e9da7

#b6b5bd

#ceced3

#e7e6e9

Tones

Color #6e6d79 mixed toward gray.

#6f6e78

#706f77

#717076

#717175

#727274

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.13:1

White text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e76 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#6e6e76 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#6e7473 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6d79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6d79]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e6d79 (#6e6d79) is rgb(110, 109, 121) in RGB.

No, #6e6d79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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