#6f6fae

Color #6f6fae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6f6fae

RGB

rgb(111, 111, 174)

HSL

hsl(240, 28%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 36.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(49.26, 15.51, -33.57)

LCH

lch(49.26, 36.98, 294.8)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0963, 282.9)

HWB

hwb(240, 43.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeae6f

Analogous

#6f8fae

#6f6fae

#8f6fae

Triadic

#6f6fae

#ae6f6f

#6fae6f

Split-complementary

#6f6fae

#ae8f6f

#8fae6f

Tetradic

#6f6fae

#ae6fae

#aeae6f

#6fae6f

Square

#6f6fae

#ae6f8f

#aeae6f

#6fae8f

Shades

Color #6f6fae mixed toward black.

#565698

#44447a

#33335b

#22223d

#11111e

Tints

Color #6f6fae mixed toward white.

#8787bc

#9f9fc9

#b7b7d7

#cfcfe4

#e7e7f2

Tones

Color #6f6fae mixed toward gray.

#7474a9

#7a7aa4

#7f7f9e

#848499

#898994

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.56:1

White text reads better on this background (4.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fa2 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6f6f9e · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#6f9794 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f6fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f6fae]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6f6fae (#6f6fae) is rgb(111, 111, 174) in RGB.

No, #6f6fae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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