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#6E79F8

#6e79f8 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6e79f8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 47.45% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.65% cyan, 51.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 235.22°, with 90.79% saturation and 70.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2377

Complementary

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #f8ed6e

Split complementary

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #f8a86e
  3. #bef86e

Analogous

  1. #6ebef8
  2. #6e79f8
  3. #a86ef8

Triadic

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #f86e79
  3. #79f86e

Tetradic

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #ed6ef8
  3. #f8ed6e
  4. #79f86e

Square

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #f86ebe
  3. #f8ed6e
  4. #6ef8a8

Monochromatic

  1. #0918c4
  2. #2536f4
  3. #6e79f8
  4. #b7bcfc
  5. #ecedfe

Shades

#6e79f8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #636ddf
  3. #5861c6
  4. #4d55ae
  5. #424995
  6. #373d7c
  7. #2c3063
  8. #21244a
  9. #161832
  10. #0b0c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#6e79f8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #7d86f9
  3. #8b94f9
  4. #9aa1fa
  5. #a8affb
  6. #b7bcfc
  7. #c5c9fc
  8. #d4d7fd
  9. #e2e4fe
  10. #f1f2fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6e79f8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6e79f8
  2. #707aec
  3. #727ae0
  4. #737bd4
  5. #757cc8
  6. #777dbc
  7. #797db0
  8. #7b7ea4
  9. #7c7f98
  10. #7e7f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d81bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #338cfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1680f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1e96ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5185fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #497df6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b8bcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6e79f8 {
  color: #6e79f8;
}
Background
.bg-6e79f8 {
  background-color: #6e79f8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6e79f8 {
  border: 2px solid #6e79f8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6e79f8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 121 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 91% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6e79f8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6e79f8, #a86ef8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6e79f8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 121 248 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.26 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.76 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.58 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.64 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.02 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.48 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.29 #918607 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6e79f8  rgb(110, 121, 248)  hsl(235, 91%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#f8ed6e  rgb(248, 237, 110)  hsl(55, 91%, 70%)  Icterine
#f86e79  rgb(248, 110, 121)  hsl(355, 91%, 70%)  Light Coral
#79f86e  rgb(121, 248, 110)  hsl(115, 91%, 70%)  Mint Green