#6f78ae

Color #6f78ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6f78ae

RGB

rgb(111, 120, 174)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 28%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 36.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.2%, 31%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(51.69, 10.08, -29.77)

LCH

lch(51.69, 31.43, 288.71)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0835, 276.26)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 43.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea56f

Analogous

#6f98ae

#6f78ae

#866fae

Triadic

#6f78ae

#ae6f78

#78ae6f

Split-complementary

#6f78ae

#ae866f

#98ae6f

Tetradic

#6f78ae

#a56fae

#aea56f

#78ae6f

Square

#6f78ae

#ae6f98

#aea56f

#6fae86

Shades

Color #6f78ae mixed toward black.

#565f98

#444c7a

#33395b

#22263d

#11131e

Tints

Color #6f78ae mixed toward white.

#878fbc

#9fa5c9

#b7bcd7

#cfd2e4

#e7e9f2

Tones

Color #6f78ae mixed toward gray.

#747ca9

#7a80a4

#7f839e

#848799

#898b94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7373a3 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#7272a0 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#6f9a97 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f78ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f78ae]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f78ae (#6f78ae) is rgb(111, 120, 174) in RGB.

No, #6f78ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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