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#6B74FF

#6b74ff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6b74ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 45.49% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.04% cyan, 54.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 236.35°, with 100% saturation and 70.98% 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 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.34.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2284

Complementary

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #fff66b

Split complementary

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #ffac6b
  3. #beff6b

Analogous

  1. #6bbeff
  2. #6b74ff
  3. #ac6bff

Triadic

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #ff6b74
  3. #74ff6b

Tetradic

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #f66bff
  3. #fff66b
  4. #74ff6b

Square

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #ff6bbe
  3. #fff66b
  4. #6bffac

Monochromatic

  1. #000dd1
  2. #1e2cff
  3. #6b74ff
  4. #b7bcff
  5. #ebecff

Shades

#6b74ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #6068e6
  3. #565dcc
  4. #4b51b3
  5. #404699
  6. #363a80
  7. #2b2e66
  8. #20234d
  9. #151733
  10. #0b0c1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#6b74ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #7a82ff
  3. #8990ff
  4. #979eff
  5. #a6acff
  6. #b5baff
  7. #c4c7ff
  8. #d3d5ff
  9. #e1e3ff
  10. #f0f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6b74ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6b74ff
  2. #6d75f2
  3. #6f76e6
  4. #7178d9
  5. #7379cc
  6. #767ac0
  7. #787bb3
  8. #7a7ca6
  9. #7c7e99
  10. #7e7f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a7ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #048aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007dfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4582ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c7afd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4289d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6b74ff {
  color: #6b74ff;
}
Background
.bg-6b74ff {
  background-color: #6b74ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6b74ff {
  border: 2px solid #6b74ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6b74ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 116 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 100% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6b74ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6b74ff, #ac6bff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6b74ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 116 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.34 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.80 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.12 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.53 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.01 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.10 #948b00 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6b74ff  rgb(107, 116, 255)  hsl(236, 100%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#fff66b  rgb(255, 246, 107)  hsl(56, 100%, 71%)  Icterine
#ff6b74  rgb(255, 107, 116)  hsl(356, 100%, 71%)  Light Coral
#74ff6b  rgb(116, 255, 107)  hsl(116, 100%, 71%)  Neon Green