#6f9dbb

Color #6f9dbb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.65 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9dbb

RGB

rgb(111, 157, 187)

HSL

hsl(203.7, 35.8%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.7, 40.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(62.57, -7.67, -20.4)

LCH

lch(62.57, 21.79, 249.39)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0667, 237.62)

HWB

hwb(203.7, 43.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb8d6f

Analogous

#6fbbb3

#6f9dbb

#6f77bb

Triadic

#6f9dbb

#bb6f9d

#9dbb6f

Split-complementary

#6f9dbb

#bb6f77

#bbb36f

Tetradic

#6f9dbb

#8d6fbb

#bb8d6f

#9dbb6f

Square

#6f9dbb

#b36fbb

#bb8d6f

#77bb6f

Shades

Color #6f9dbb mixed toward black.

#5085a9

#406b87

#305065

#203543

#101b22

Tints

Color #6f9dbb mixed toward white.

#87adc6

#9fbed2

#b7cedd

#cfdee8

#e7eff4

Tones

Color #6f9dbb mixed toward gray.

#759cb5

#7c9aae

#8299a8

#8898a2

#8f969b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586b4 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#837fb3 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#72afae · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9dbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9dbb]

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Frequently asked questions

#6f9dbb (#6f9dbb) is rgb(111, 157, 187) in RGB.

No, #6f9dbb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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