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#6A74FF

#6a74ff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6a74ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 45.49% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.43% cyan, 54.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 235.97°, with 100% saturation and 70.78% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.43.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2277

Complementary

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #fff56a

Split complementary

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #ffaa6a
  3. #beff6a

Analogous

  1. #6abeff
  2. #6a74ff
  3. #aa6aff

Triadic

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #ff6a74
  3. #74ff6a

Tetradic

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #f56aff
  3. #fff56a
  4. #74ff6a

Square

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #ff6abe
  3. #fff56a
  4. #6affaa

Monochromatic

  1. #000ed0
  2. #1d2dff
  3. #6a74ff
  4. #b6bbff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#6a74ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #5f68e6
  3. #555dcc
  4. #4a51b3
  5. #404699
  6. #353a80
  7. #2a2e66
  8. #20234d
  9. #151733
  10. #0b0c1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#6a74ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #7982ff
  3. #8890ff
  4. #979eff
  5. #a6acff
  6. #b5baff
  7. #c3c7ff
  8. #d2d5ff
  9. #e1e3ff
  10. #f0f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6a74ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6a74ff
  2. #6c75f2
  3. #6e76e6
  4. #7178d9
  5. #7379cc
  6. #757ac0
  7. #777bb3
  8. #797ca6
  9. #7c7e99
  10. #7e7f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a7dc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #038aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007dfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4482ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a7afd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4089d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6a74ff {
  color: #6a74ff;
}
Background
.bg-6a74ff {
  background-color: #6a74ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6a74ff {
  border: 2px solid #6a74ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6a74ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 116 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 100% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6a74ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6a74ff, #aa6aff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6a74ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 116 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.43 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.70 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.01 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.65 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.93 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.11 #958b00 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6a74ff  rgb(106, 116, 255)  hsl(236, 100%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#fff56a  rgb(255, 245, 106)  hsl(56, 100%, 71%)  Icterine
#ff6a74  rgb(255, 106, 116)  hsl(356, 100%, 71%)  Light Coral
#74ff6a  rgb(116, 255, 106)  hsl(116, 100%, 71%)  Neon Green