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#6B72EA

#6b72ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6b72ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 44.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.27% cyan, 51.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 236.69°, with 75.15% saturation and 66.86% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.211

Complementary

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #eae36b

Split complementary

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #eaa36b
  3. #b1ea6b

Analogous

  1. #6bb1ea
  2. #6b72ea
  3. #a36bea

Triadic

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #ea6b72
  3. #72ea6b

Tetradic

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #e36bea
  3. #eae36b
  4. #72ea6b

Square

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #ea6bb1
  3. #eae36b
  4. #6beaa3

Monochromatic

  1. #171fa5
  2. #2832e0
  3. #6b72ea
  4. #aeb2f4
  5. #edeefc

Shades

#6b72ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #6067d3
  3. #565bbb
  4. #4b50a4
  5. #40448c
  6. #363975
  7. #2b2e5e
  8. #202246
  9. #15172f
  10. #0b0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#6b72ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #7a80ec
  3. #898eee
  4. #979cf0
  5. #a6aaf2
  6. #b5b9f5
  7. #c4c7f7
  8. #d3d5f9
  9. #e1e3fb
  10. #f0f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6b72ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6b72ea
  2. #6d73df
  3. #6f75d5
  4. #7176ca
  5. #7378c0
  6. #7679b5
  7. #787aaa
  8. #7a7ca0
  9. #7c7d95
  10. #7e7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #777ab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1b7ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2b8da3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f7ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4877e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4d83c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6b72ea {
  color: #6b72ea;
}
Background
.bg-6b72ea {
  background-color: #6b72ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6b72ea {
  border: 2px solid #6b72ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6b72ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 114 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6b72ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6b72ea, #a36bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6b72ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 114 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.56 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.03 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.66 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.32 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.59 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.94 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.99 #948d15 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6b72ea  rgb(107, 114, 234)  hsl(237, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#eae36b  rgb(234, 227, 107)  hsl(57, 75%, 67%)  Straw
#ea6b72  rgb(234, 107, 114)  hsl(357, 75%, 67%)  Light Coral
#72ea6b  rgb(114, 234, 107)  hsl(117, 75%, 67%)  Pastel Green