#6f79a9

Color #6f79a9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.36 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6f79a9

RGB

rgb(111, 121, 169)

HSL

hsl(229.7, 25.2%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.7, 34.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 28.4%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(51.74, 8.11, -26.78)

LCH

lch(51.74, 27.98, 286.85)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0747, 274.84)

HWB

hwb(229.7, 43.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a99f6f

Analogous

#6f96a9

#6f79a9

#826fa9

Triadic

#6f79a9

#a96f79

#79a96f

Split-complementary

#6f79a9

#a9826f

#96a96f

Tetradic

#6f79a9

#9f6fa9

#a99f6f

#79a96f

Square

#6f79a9

#a96f96

#a99f6f

#6fa982

Shades

Color #6f79a9 mixed toward black.

#576192

#464e75

#343a58

#23273a

#11131d

Tints

Color #6f79a9 mixed toward white.

#878fb7

#9fa6c6

#b7bcd4

#cfd2e2

#e7e9f1

Tones

Color #6f79a9 mixed toward gray.

#747ca4

#797f9f

#7e829a

#828696

#878991

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73749f · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#73729d · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#709795 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f79a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f79a9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f79a9 (#6f79a9) is rgb(111, 121, 169) in RGB.

No, #6f79a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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