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#6B7E8A

#6b7e8a ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6b7e8a is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 49.41% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.46% cyan, 8.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 203.23°, 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 2.95.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1988

Complementary

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #8a776b

Split complementary

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #8a6b6f
  3. #8a876b

Analogous

  1. #6b8a87
  2. #6b7e8a
  3. #6b6f8a

Triadic

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #8a6b7e
  3. #7e8a6b

Tetradic

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #776b8a
  3. #8a776b
  4. #7e8a6b

Square

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #876b8a
  3. #8a776b
  4. #6f8a6b

Monochromatic

  1. #282f34
  2. #4a575f
  3. #6b7e8a
  4. #95a3ad
  5. #c0c9ce

Shades

#6b7e8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #60717c
  3. #56656e
  4. #4b5861
  5. #404c53
  6. #363f45
  7. #2b3237
  8. #202629
  9. #15191c
  10. #0b0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#6b7e8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #7a8b96
  3. #8998a1
  4. #97a5ad
  5. #a6b2b9
  6. #b5bfc5
  7. #c4cbd0
  8. #d3d8dc
  9. #e1e5e8
  10. #f0f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6b7e8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6b7e8a
  2. #6d7e89
  3. #6f7e88
  4. #717f87
  5. #737f86
  6. #767f85
  7. #787f84
  8. #7a7f83
  9. #7c8082
  10. #7e8081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #757c81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #797d8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #747a8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #628182 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #737e8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #717b8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #668085 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6b7e8a {
  color: #6b7e8a;
}
Background
.bg-6b7e8a {
  background-color: #6b7e8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6b7e8a {
  border: 2px solid #6b7e8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6b7e8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 126 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 13% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6b7e8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6b7e8a, #6b6f8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6b7e8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 126 138 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 2.95 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 2.95 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.95 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.03 #808080 Gray ΔE 8.84 #808080 Grey ΔE 8.84 #948175 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#6b7e8a  rgb(107, 126, 138)  hsl(203, 13%, 48%)  Slate Gray
#8a776b  rgb(138, 119, 107)  hsl(23, 13%, 48%)  Beaver
#8a6b7e  rgb(138, 107, 126)  hsl(323, 13%, 48%)  Old Lavender
#7e8a6b  rgb(126, 138, 107)  hsl(83, 13%, 48%)  Xanadu