#6f6aaa

Color #6f6aaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6aaa

RGB

rgb(111, 106, 170)

HSL

hsl(244.7, 27.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.7, 37.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.7%, 37.6%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.74, 17.43, -33.61)

LCH

lch(47.74, 37.86, 297.41)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.098, 286.29)

HWB

hwb(244.7, 41.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5aa6a

Analogous

#6a85aa

#6f6aaa

#8f6aaa

Triadic

#6f6aaa

#aa6f6a

#6aaa6f

Split-complementary

#6f6aaa

#aa8f6a

#85aa6a

Tetradic

#6f6aaa

#aa6aa5

#a5aa6a

#6aaa6f

Square

#6f6aaa

#aa6a85

#a5aa6a

#6aaa8f

Shades

Color #6f6aaa mixed toward black.

#585392

#474375

#353258

#23213b

#12111d

Tints

Color #6f6aaa mixed toward white.

#8783b8

#9f9cc6

#b7b4d5

#cfcde3

#e7e6f1

Tones

Color #6f6aaa mixed toward gray.

#736fa5

#78759f

#7c7a9a

#817f95

#85858f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.32:1

White text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d9e · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#6d6e9a · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#6f9390 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6aaa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f6aaa (#6f6aaa) is rgb(111, 106, 170) in RGB.

No, #6f6aaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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