#6e79a6

Color #6e79a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.04 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e79a6

RGB

rgb(110, 121, 166)

HSL

hsl(228.2, 23.9%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.2, 33.7%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(51.54, 6.99, -25.36)

LCH

lch(51.54, 26.31, 285.41)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0704, 273.42)

HWB

hwb(228.2, 43.1%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69b6e

Analogous

#6e95a6

#6e79a6

#7f6ea6

Triadic

#6e79a6

#a66e79

#79a66e

Split-complementary

#6e79a6

#a67f6e

#95a66e

Tetradic

#6e79a6

#9b6ea6

#a69b6e

#79a66e

Square

#6e79a6

#a66e95

#a69b6e

#6ea67f

Shades

Color #6e79a6 mixed toward black.

#57628e

#464f72

#343b55

#232739

#11141c

Tints

Color #6e79a6 mixed toward white.

#868fb5

#9ea6c4

#b6bcd2

#cfd2e1

#e7e9f0

Tones

Color #6e79a6 mixed toward gray.

#737ca1

#777f9d

#7c8198

#818493

#85878f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73739d · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#72719a · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#6f9593 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e79a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e79a6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6e79a6 (#6e79a6) is rgb(110, 121, 166) in RGB.

No, #6e79a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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