#6e8fa3

Color #6e8fa3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8fa3

RGB

rgb(110, 143, 163)

HSL

hsl(202.6, 22.4%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.6, 32.5%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(57.66, -6.54, -14.28)

LCH

lch(57.66, 15.71, 245.39)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.0477, 235.08)

HWB

hwb(202.6, 43.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3826e

Analogous

#6ea39c

#6e8fa3

#6e74a3

Triadic

#6e8fa3

#a36e8f

#8fa36e

Split-complementary

#6e8fa3

#a36e74

#a39c6e

Tetradic

#6e8fa3

#826ea3

#a3826e

#8fa36e

Square

#6e8fa3

#9c6ea3

#a3826e

#74a36e

Shades

Color #6e8fa3 mixed toward black.

#58788b

#47606f

#354853

#233038

#12181c

Tints

Color #6e8fa3 mixed toward white.

#86a2b2

#9eb4c2

#b6c7d1

#cfdae0

#e7ecf0

Tones

Color #6e8fa3 mixed toward gray.

#728e9f

#778d9a

#7b8c96

#808b91

#848a8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e9e · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#7c799d · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#709b9a · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 12.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8fa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8fa3]

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Frequently asked questions

#6e8fa3 (#6e8fa3) is rgb(110, 143, 163) in RGB.

No, #6e8fa3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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