#6e708d

Color #6e708d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.83 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e708d

RGB

rgb(110, 112, 141)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 12.4%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 22%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(22%, 20.6%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(48.04, 5.85, -16.08)

LCH

lch(48.04, 17.11, 289.99)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0449, 281.69)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 43.1%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d8b6e

Analogous

#6e7f8d

#6e708d

#7b6e8d

Triadic

#6e708d

#8d6e70

#708d6e

Split-complementary

#6e708d

#8d7b6e

#7f8d6e

Tetradic

#6e708d

#8b6e8d

#8d8b6e

#708d6e

Square

#6e708d

#8d6e7f

#8d8b6e

#6e8d7b

Shades

Color #6e708d mixed toward black.

#5c5d76

#494b5e

#373847

#25252f

#121318

Tints

Color #6e708d mixed toward white.

#8687a0

#9e9fb3

#b6b7c6

#cecfd9

#e7e7ec

Tones

Color #6e708d mixed toward gray.

#70728a

#737488

#767785

#787983

#7b7b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f87 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#6f6f85 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#6e8180 · ΔE 18

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e708d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e708d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6e708d (#6e708d) is rgb(110, 112, 141) in RGB.

No, #6e708d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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