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#6A71EA

#6a71ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6a71ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 44.31% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.7% cyan, 51.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 236.72°, with 75.29% saturation and 66.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2081

Complementary

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #eae36a

Split complementary

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #eaa36a
  3. #b1ea6a

Analogous

  1. #6ab1ea
  2. #6a71ea
  3. #a36aea

Triadic

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #ea6a71
  3. #71ea6a

Tetradic

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #e36aea
  3. #eae36a
  4. #71ea6a

Square

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #ea6ab1
  3. #eae36a
  4. #6aeaa3

Monochromatic

  1. #171fa4
  2. #2731e1
  3. #6a71ea
  4. #adb1f3
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#6a71ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #5f66d3
  3. #555abb
  4. #4a4fa4
  5. #40448c
  6. #353975
  7. #2a2d5e
  8. #202246
  9. #15172f
  10. #0b0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6a71ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #797fec
  3. #888dee
  4. #979cf0
  5. #a6aaf2
  6. #b5b8f5
  7. #c3c6f7
  8. #d2d4f9
  9. #e1e3fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6a71ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6a71ea
  2. #6c73df
  3. #6e74d5
  4. #7176ca
  5. #7377c0
  6. #7579b5
  7. #777aaa
  8. #797ca0
  9. #7c7d95
  10. #7e7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7679b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2e83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1579e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #288ca3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d7ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4776e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b82c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6a71ea {
  color: #6a71ea;
}
Background
.bg-6a71ea {
  background-color: #6a71ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6a71ea {
  border: 2px solid #6a71ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6a71ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 113 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6a71ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6a71ea, #a36aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6a71ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 113 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.44 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.75 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.43 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.67 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.71 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.07 #958e15 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6a71ea  rgb(106, 113, 234)  hsl(237, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae36a  rgb(234, 227, 106)  hsl(57, 75%, 67%)  Straw
#ea6a71  rgb(234, 106, 113)  hsl(357, 75%, 67%)  Light Coral
#71ea6a  rgb(113, 234, 106)  hsl(117, 75%, 67%)  Pastel Green