#6f7c8b

Color #6f7c8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 1.79 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f7c8b

RGB

rgb(111, 124, 139)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 11.2%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 20.1%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(51.45, -1.37, -9.74)

LCH

lch(51.45, 9.84, 261.99)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0278, 251.96)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 43.5%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b7e6f

Analogous

#6f8a8b

#6f7c8b

#706f8b

Triadic

#6f7c8b

#8b6f7c

#7c8b6f

Split-complementary

#6f7c8b

#8b706f

#8a8b6f

Tetradic

#6f7c8b

#7e6f8b

#8b7e6f

#7c8b6f

Square

#6f7c8b

#8b6f8a

#8b7e6f

#6f8b70

Shades

Color #6f7c8b mixed toward black.

#5c6774

#4a535d

#373e45

#25292e

#121517

Tints

Color #6f7c8b mixed toward white.

#86929f

#9fa8b2

#b7bdc5

#cfd3d9

#e7e9ec

Tones

Color #6f7c8b mixed toward gray.

#717c89

#747c86

#767c84

#787d82

#7b7d7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757588 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#747387 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#708584 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 8.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f7c8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f7c8b]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6f7c8b (#6f7c8b) is rgb(111, 124, 139) in RGB.

No, #6f7c8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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