#6e7daa

Color #6e7daa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6e7daa

RGB

rgb(110, 125, 170)

HSL

hsl(225, 26.1%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 35.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(52.82, 5.71, -25.7)

LCH

lch(52.82, 26.33, 282.53)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0713, 269.92)

HWB

hwb(225, 43.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9b6e

Analogous

#6e9baa

#6e7daa

#7d6eaa

Triadic

#6e7daa

#aa6e7d

#7daa6e

Split-complementary

#6e7daa

#aa7d6e

#9baa6e

Tetradic

#6e7daa

#9b6eaa

#aa9b6e

#7daa6e

Square

#6e7daa

#aa6e9b

#aa9b6e

#6eaa7d

Shades

Color #6e7daa mixed toward black.

#566593

#455176

#343d58

#22293b

#11141d

Tints

Color #6e7daa mixed toward white.

#8693b8

#9ea8c6

#b6bed5

#cfd4e3

#e7e9f1

Tones

Color #6e7daa mixed toward gray.

#737fa5

#7882a0

#7d849b

#828796

#878991

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575a1 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#74739e · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#6f9997 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e7daa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e7daa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e7daa (#6e7daa) is rgb(110, 125, 170) in RGB.

No, #6e7daa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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