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#6D71BB

#6d71bb ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6d71bb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 44.31% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.71% cyan, 39.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 236.92°, with 36.45% saturation and 58.04% 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 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 8.21.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1865

Complementary

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #bbb76d

Split complementary

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #bb906d
  3. #98bb6d

Analogous

  1. #6d98bb
  2. #6d71bb
  3. #906dbb

Triadic

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #bb6d71
  3. #71bb6d

Tetradic

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #b76dbb
  3. #bbb76d
  4. #71bb6d

Square

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #bb6d98
  3. #bbb76d
  4. #6dbb90

Monochromatic

  1. #2d3062
  2. #464a96
  3. #6d71bb
  4. #a1a4d3
  5. #d5d7ec

Shades

#6d71bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #6266a8
  3. #575a96
  4. #4c4f83
  5. #414470
  6. #37395e
  7. #2c2d4b
  8. #212238
  9. #161725
  10. #0b0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6d71bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #7c7fc2
  3. #8a8dc9
  4. #999ccf
  5. #a7aad6
  6. #b6b8dd
  7. #c5c6e4
  8. #d3d4eb
  9. #e2e3f1
  10. #f0f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6d71bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6d71bb
  2. #6f73b5
  3. #7174af
  4. #7376a9
  5. #7577a3
  6. #77799e
  7. #787a98
  8. #7a7c92
  9. #7c7d8c
  10. #7e7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #747597 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #577bbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5275b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #55808d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6177bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e73ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f7aa1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6d71bb {
  color: #6d71bb;
}
Background
.bg-6d71bb {
  background-color: #6d71bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6d71bb {
  border: 2px solid #6d71bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6d71bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 113 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 36% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6d71bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6d71bb, #906dbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6d71bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 113 187 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.21 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.44 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.72 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.88 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.32 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.08 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 10.72 #928e44 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6d71bb  rgb(109, 113, 187)  hsl(237, 36%, 58%)  Glaucous
#bbb76d  rgb(187, 183, 109)  hsl(57, 36%, 58%)  Dark Khaki
#bb6d71  rgb(187, 109, 113)  hsl(357, 36%, 58%)  Rose Gold
#71bb6d  rgb(113, 187, 109)  hsl(117, 36%, 58%)  Mantis