#6f6cb3

Color #6f6cb3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.89 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6cb3

RGB

rgb(111, 108, 179)

HSL

hsl(242.5, 31.8%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.5, 39.7%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(38%, 39.7%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(48.71, 18.74, -37.33)

LCH

lch(48.71, 41.77, 296.66)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.1082, 284.28)

HWB

hwb(242.5, 42.4%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b36c

Analogous

#6c8db3

#6f6cb3

#936cb3

Triadic

#6f6cb3

#b36f6c

#6cb36f

Split-complementary

#6f6cb3

#b3936c

#8db36c

Tetradic

#6f6cb3

#b36cb0

#b0b36c

#6cb36f

Square

#6f6cb3

#b36c8d

#b0b36c

#6cb393

Shades

Color #6f6cb3 mixed toward black.

#55529e

#44417e

#33315f

#22213f

#111020

Tints

Color #6f6cb3 mixed toward white.

#8785c0

#9f9dcc

#b7b6d9

#cfcee6

#e7e7f2

Tones

Color #6f6cb3 mixed toward gray.

#7472ad

#7a78a7

#7f7ea1

#85849b

#8a8a95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ea5 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#6e6ea2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#6f9997 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6cb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6cb3]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6f6cb3 (#6f6cb3) is rgb(111, 108, 179) in RGB.

No, #6f6cb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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