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#6C7CA3

#6c7ca3 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6c7ca3 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 48.63% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.74% cyan, 23.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 222.55°, with 23.01% saturation and 53.14% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.61.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.2025

Complementary

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #a3936c

Split complementary

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #a3786c
  3. #98a36c

Analogous

  1. #6c98a3
  2. #6c7ca3
  3. #786ca3

Triadic

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #a36c7c
  3. #7ca36c

Tetradic

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #936ca3
  3. #a3936c
  4. #7ca36c

Square

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #a36c98
  3. #a3936c
  4. #6ca378

Monochromatic

  1. #2d3549
  2. #4b5878
  3. #6c7ca3
  4. #9ba6c0
  5. #cad0de

Shades

#6c7ca3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #617093
  3. #566382
  4. #4c5772
  5. #414a62
  6. #363e52
  7. #2b3241
  8. #202531
  9. #161921
  10. #0b0c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#6c7ca3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #7b89ac
  3. #8996b5
  4. #98a3bf
  5. #a7b0c8
  6. #b6bed1
  7. #c4cbda
  8. #d3d8e3
  9. #e2e5ed
  10. #f0f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6c7ca3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6c7ca3
  2. #6e7ca0
  3. #707d9c
  4. #727d99
  5. #747e95
  6. #767e92
  7. #787e8e
  8. #7a7f8b
  9. #7c7f87
  10. #7e8084
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #767c8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f7fa5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a7aa2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5c8489 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e7ea4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b7ba2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #638194 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6c7ca3 {
  color: #6c7ca3;
}
Background
.bg-6c7ca3 {
  background-color: #6c7ca3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6c7ca3 {
  border: 2px solid #6c7ca3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6c7ca3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 124 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 23% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6c7ca3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6c7ca3, #786ca3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6c7ca3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 124 163 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.61 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.54 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.54 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.05 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.05 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.57 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.80 #93835c Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6c7ca3  rgb(108, 124, 163)  hsl(223, 23%, 53%)  Glaucous
#a3936c  rgb(163, 147, 108)  hsl(43, 23%, 53%)  Camel
#a36c7c  rgb(163, 108, 124)  hsl(343, 23%, 53%)  Turkish Rose
#7ca36c  rgb(124, 163, 108)  hsl(103, 23%, 53%)  Asparagus