#6e778c

Color #6e778c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.99 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e778c

RGB

rgb(110, 119, 140)

HSL

hsl(222, 12%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222, 21.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 15%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(49.98, 1.45, -12.54)

LCH

lch(49.98, 12.62, 276.6)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0342, 266.99)

HWB

hwb(222, 43.1%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c836e

Analogous

#6e868c

#6e778c

#746e8c

Triadic

#6e778c

#8c6e77

#778c6e

Split-complementary

#6e778c

#8c746e

#868c6e

Tetradic

#6e778c

#836e8c

#8c836e

#778c6e

Square

#6e778c

#8c6e86

#8c836e

#6e8c74

Shades

Color #6e778c mixed toward black.

#5c6375

#494f5d

#373b46

#25282f

#121417

Tints

Color #6e778c mixed toward white.

#868da0

#9ea4b3

#b6bbc6

#ced2d9

#e7e8ec

Tones

Color #6e778c mixed toward gray.

#707889

#737987

#757a84

#787b82

#7a7c7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727287 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#717186 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#6e8383 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e778c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e778c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e778c (#6e778c) is rgb(110, 119, 140) in RGB.

No, #6e778c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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