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#6B818A

#6b818a ≈ Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6b818a is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 50.59% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.46% cyan, 6.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 197.42°, 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 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Gray (#708090), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2066

Complementary

  1. #6b818a
  2. #8a746b

Split complementary

  1. #6b818a
  2. #8a6b72
  3. #8a846b

Analogous

  1. #6b8a84
  2. #6b818a
  3. #6b728a

Triadic

  1. #6b818a
  2. #8a6b81
  3. #818a6b

Tetradic

  1. #6b818a
  2. #746b8a
  3. #8a746b
  4. #818a6b

Square

  1. #6b818a
  2. #846b8a
  3. #8a746b
  4. #728a6b

Monochromatic

  1. #283034
  2. #4a595f
  3. #6b818a
  4. #95a6ad
  5. #c0cace

Shades

#6b818a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6b818a
  2. #60747c
  3. #56676e
  4. #4b5a61
  5. #404d53
  6. #364145
  7. #2b3437
  8. #202729
  9. #151a1c
  10. #0b0d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#6b818a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6b818a
  2. #7a8e96
  3. #899aa1
  4. #97a7ad
  5. #a6b3b9
  6. #b5c0c5
  7. #c4cdd0
  8. #d3d9dc
  9. #e1e6e8
  10. #f0f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6b818a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6b818a
  2. #6d8189
  3. #6f8188
  4. #718187
  5. #738186
  6. #768185
  7. #788084
  8. #7a8083
  9. #7c8082
  10. #7e8081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #767f83 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c808b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #777c8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #628484 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76808a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #727e8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #668386 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6b818a {
  color: #6b818a;
}
Background
.bg-6b818a {
  background-color: #6b818a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6b818a {
  border: 2px solid #6b818a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6b818a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 129 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 13% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6b818a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6b818a, #6b728a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6b818a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 129 138 / 0.35);
}

#708090 Slate Gray ΔE 4.95 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 4.95 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 5.96 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 5.96 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.36 #808080 Gray ΔE 9.19 #808080 Grey ΔE 9.19 #947e75 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Slate Gray
#6b818a  rgb(107, 129, 138)  hsl(197, 13%, 48%)  Slate Gray
#8a746b  rgb(138, 116, 107)  hsl(17, 13%, 48%)  Beaver
#8a6b81  rgb(138, 107, 129)  hsl(317, 13%, 48%)  Old Lavender
#818a6b  rgb(129, 138, 107)  hsl(77, 13%, 48%)  Xanadu