#6f709c

Color #6f709c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6f709c

RGB

rgb(111, 112, 156)

HSL

hsl(238.7, 18.5%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.7, 28.8%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(48.72, 10.01, -23.88)

LCH

lch(48.72, 25.89, 292.74)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0678, 282.95)

HWB

hwb(238.7, 43.5%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9b6f

Analogous

#6f879c

#6f709c

#856f9c

Triadic

#6f709c

#9c6f70

#709c6f

Split-complementary

#6f709c

#9c856f

#879c6f

Tetradic

#6f709c

#9b6f9c

#9c9b6f

#709c6f

Square

#6f709c

#9c6f87

#9c9b6f

#6f9c85

Shades

Color #6f709c mixed toward black.

#5b5c84

#49496a

#36374f

#242535

#12121a

Tints

Color #6f709c mixed toward white.

#8788ad

#9fa0bd

#b7b8ce

#cfcfde

#e7e7ef

Tones

Color #6f709c mixed toward gray.

#737498

#777795

#7a7b91

#7e7e8d

#828289

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.47:1

White text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f93 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6f6f91 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#6f8b89 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f709c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f709c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6f709c (#6f709c) is rgb(111, 112, 156) in RGB.

No, #6f709c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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