#6e8ea2

Color #6e8ea2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.24 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8ea2

RGB

rgb(110, 142, 162)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 21.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 32.1%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(57.34, -6.24, -14.2)

LCH

lch(57.34, 15.51, 246.28)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.047, 235.94)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 43.1%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2826e

Analogous

#6ea29c

#6e8ea2

#6e74a2

Triadic

#6e8ea2

#a26e8e

#8ea26e

Split-complementary

#6e8ea2

#a26e74

#a29c6e

Tetradic

#6e8ea2

#826ea2

#a2826e

#8ea26e

Square

#6e8ea2

#9c6ea2

#a2826e

#74a26e

Shades

Color #6e8ea2 mixed toward black.

#59778a

#475f6e

#354753

#233037

#12181c

Tints

Color #6e8ea2 mixed toward white.

#86a1b1

#9eb4c1

#b6c6d0

#cfd9e0

#e7ecef

Tones

Color #6e8ea2 mixed toward gray.

#728d9e

#778c99

#7b8b95

#7f8a91

#84898c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7d9d · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#7b799c · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#709a99 · ΔE 11.4

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8ea2]

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Frequently asked questions

#6e8ea2 (#6e8ea2) is rgb(110, 142, 162) in RGB.

No, #6e8ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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