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#6B7A8A

#6b7a8a ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6b7a8a is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 47.84% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.46% cyan, 11.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 210.97°, with 12.65% saturation and 48.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1888

Complementary

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #8a7b6b

Split complementary

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #8a6c6b
  3. #898a6b

Analogous

  1. #6b898a
  2. #6b7a8a
  3. #6c6b8a

Triadic

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #8a6b7a
  3. #7a8a6b

Tetradic

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #7b6b8a
  3. #8a7b6b
  4. #7a8a6b

Square

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #8a6b89
  3. #8a7b6b
  4. #6b8a6c

Monochromatic

  1. #282e34
  2. #4a545f
  3. #6b7a8a
  4. #95a0ad
  5. #c0c7ce

Shades

#6b7a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #606e7c
  3. #56626e
  4. #4b5561
  5. #404953
  6. #363d45
  7. #2b3137
  8. #202529
  9. #15181c
  10. #0b0c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#6b7a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #7a8796
  3. #8995a1
  4. #97a2ad
  5. #a6afb9
  6. #b5bdc5
  7. #c4cad0
  8. #d3d7dc
  9. #e1e4e8
  10. #f0f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6b7a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6b7a8a
  2. #6d7b89
  3. #6f7b88
  4. #717c87
  5. #737c86
  6. #767d85
  7. #787e84
  8. #7a7e83
  9. #7c7f82
  10. #7e7f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #737980 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #747a8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #70778a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #637e7f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #717a8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e788a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #667c84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6b7a8a {
  color: #6b7a8a;
}
Background
.bg-6b7a8a {
  background-color: #6b7a8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6b7a8a {
  border: 2px solid #6b7a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6b7a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 122 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 13% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6b7a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6b7a8a, #6c6b8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6b7a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 122 138 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 2.31 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 2.31 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 5.26 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 5.26 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.91 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.24 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.24 #948575 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#6b7a8a  rgb(107, 122, 138)  hsl(211, 13%, 48%)  Slate Gray
#8a7b6b  rgb(138, 123, 107)  hsl(31, 13%, 48%)  Beaver
#8a6b7a  rgb(138, 107, 122)  hsl(331, 13%, 48%)  Old Lavender
#7a8a6b  rgb(122, 138, 107)  hsl(91, 13%, 48%)  Xanadu