#6e6e82

Color #6e6e82

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6e82

RGB

rgb(110, 110, 130)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 15.4%, 51%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 49%)

LAB

lab(47.08, 4.39, -11)

LCH

lch(47.08, 11.84, 291.76)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.0309, 285.39)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.1%, 49%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82826e

Analogous

#6e7882

#6e6e82

#786e82

Triadic

#6e6e82

#826e6e

#6e826e

Split-complementary

#6e6e82

#82786e

#78826e

Tetradic

#6e6e82

#826e82

#82826e

#6e826e

Square

#6e6e82

#826e78

#82826e

#6e8278

Shades

Color #6e6e82 mixed toward black.

#5c5c6c

#494957

#373741

#25252b

#121216

Tints

Color #6e6e82 mixed toward white.

#858598

#9e9ead

#b6b6c1

#ceced6

#e7e7ea

Tones

Color #6e6e82 mixed toward gray.

#707080

#71717f

#73737d

#75757b

#76767a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.22:1

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

#6e6e7e · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#6e6e7c · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#6e7a79 · ΔE 13.9

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 9.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6e82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6e82]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e6e82 (#6e6e82) is rgb(110, 110, 130) in RGB.

No, #6e6e82 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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