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#6D6C8A

#6d6c8a ≈ Old Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6d6c8a is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 42.35% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.01% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 242°, with 12.2% saturation and 48.24% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 8.23.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1581

Complementary

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #898a6c

Split complementary

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #8a7c6c
  3. #7a8a6c

Analogous

  1. #6c7a8a
  2. #6d6c8a
  3. #7c6c8a

Triadic

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #8a6d6c
  3. #6c8a6d

Tetradic

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #8a6c89
  3. #898a6c
  4. #6c8a6d

Square

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #8a6c7a
  3. #898a6c
  4. #6c8a7c

Monochromatic

  1. #292934
  2. #4b4a5f
  3. #6d6c8a
  4. #9796ad
  5. #c1c1ce

Shades

#6d6c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #62617c
  3. #57566e
  4. #4c4c61
  5. #414153
  6. #373645
  7. #2c2b37
  8. #212029
  9. #16161c
  10. #0b0b0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#6d6c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #7c7b96
  3. #8a89a1
  4. #9998ad
  5. #a7a7b9
  6. #b6b6c5
  7. #c5c4d0
  8. #d3d3dc
  9. #e2e2e8
  10. #f0f0f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6d6c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6d6c8a
  2. #6f6e89
  3. #717088
  4. #737287
  5. #757486
  6. #777685
  7. #787884
  8. #7a7a83
  9. #7c7c82
  10. #7e7e81
  11. #808080

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

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e6e7b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #65708b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #646e89 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #677176 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #686e8b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #686d8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #696f7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6d6c8a {
  color: #6d6c8a;
}
Background
.bg-6d6c8a {
  background-color: #6d6c8a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-6d6c8a {
  border: 2px solid #6d6c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6d6c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 108 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 12% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6d6c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6d6c8a, #7c6c8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6d6c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 108 138 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 8.23 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 12.67 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 12.67 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 13.07 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 13.49 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 13.72 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 13.72 #929375 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#6d6c8a  rgb(109, 108, 138)  hsl(242, 12%, 48%)  Old Lavender
#898a6c  rgb(137, 138, 108)  hsl(62, 12%, 48%)  Xanadu
#8a6d6c  rgb(138, 109, 108)  hsl(2, 12%, 48%)  Copper Rose
#6c8a6d  rgb(108, 138, 109)  hsl(122, 12%, 48%)  Xanadu