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#6D7899

#6d7899 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6d7899 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 47.06% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.76% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 17.74% saturation and 51.37% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 8.13.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1898

Complementary

  1. #6d7899
  2. #998e6d

Split complementary

  1. #6d7899
  2. #99786d
  3. #8e996d

Analogous

  1. #6d8e99
  2. #6d7899
  3. #786d99

Triadic

  1. #6d7899
  2. #996d78
  3. #78996d

Tetradic

  1. #6d7899
  2. #8e6d99
  3. #998e6d
  4. #78996d

Square

  1. #6d7899
  2. #996d8e
  3. #998e6d
  4. #6d9978

Monochromatic

  1. #2d3240
  2. #4c556d
  3. #6d7899
  4. #9aa2b8
  5. #c7cbd8

Shades

#6d7899 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6d7899
  2. #626c8a
  3. #57607a
  4. #4c546b
  5. #41485c
  6. #373c4d
  7. #2c303d
  8. #21242e
  9. #16181f
  10. #0b0c0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#6d7899 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6d7899
  2. #7c86a3
  3. #8a93ad
  4. #99a1b8
  5. #a7aec2
  6. #b6bccc
  7. #c5c9d6
  8. #d3d7e0
  9. #e2e4eb
  10. #f0f2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6d7899 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6d7899
  2. #6f7997
  3. #717a94
  4. #737a92
  5. #757b8f
  6. #777c8d
  7. #787d8a
  8. #7a7e88
  9. #7c7e85
  10. #7e7f83
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #747887 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e7b9b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a7798 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #617e83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e7a9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b7799 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #667c8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6d7899 {
  color: #6d7899;
}
Background
.bg-6d7899 {
  background-color: #6d7899;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6d7899 {
  border: 2px solid #6d7899;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6d7899;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 120 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 18% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6d7899 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6d7899, #786d99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6d7899 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 120 153 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.13 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.30 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.40 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.99 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 10.42 #928766 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#6d7899  rgb(109, 120, 153)  hsl(225, 18%, 51%)  Glaucous
#998e6d  rgb(153, 142, 109)  hsl(45, 18%, 51%)  Camel
#996d78  rgb(153, 109, 120)  hsl(345, 18%, 51%)  Mauve Taupe
#78996d  rgb(120, 153, 109)  hsl(105, 18%, 51%)  Asparagus