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#6F74CA

#6f74ca ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6f74ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 45.49% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.05% cyan, 42.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 236.7°, with 46.19% saturation and 61.37% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 7.06.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2013

Complementary

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #cac56f

Split complementary

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #ca976f
  3. #a1ca6f

Analogous

  1. #6fa1ca
  2. #6f74ca
  3. #976fca

Triadic

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #ca6f74
  3. #74ca6f

Tetradic

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #c56fca
  3. #cac56f
  4. #74ca6f

Square

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #ca6fa1
  3. #cac56f
  4. #6fca97

Monochromatic

  1. #2b2f75
  2. #4046ad
  3. #6f74ca
  4. #a7aadf
  5. #dfe0f3

Shades

#6f74ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #6468b6
  3. #595da2
  4. #4e518d
  5. #434679
  6. #383a65
  7. #2c2e51
  8. #21233d
  9. #161728
  10. #0b0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#6f74ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #7d82cf
  3. #8c90d5
  4. #9a9eda
  5. #a9acdf
  6. #b7bae5
  7. #c5c7ea
  8. #d4d5ef
  9. #e2e3f4
  10. #f1f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6f74ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6f74ca
  2. #7175c3
  3. #7276bb
  4. #7478b4
  5. #7679ac
  6. #787aa5
  7. #797b9e
  8. #7b7c96
  9. #7d7e8f
  10. #7e7f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7779a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5380cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d79c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #508695 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #607bcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c77c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5e7fad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6f74ca {
  color: #6f74ca;
}
Background
.bg-6f74ca {
  background-color: #6f74ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6f74ca {
  border: 2px solid #6f74ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6f74ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 116 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 46% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6f74ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f74ca, #976fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6f74ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 116 202 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.06 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.54 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.00 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.30 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.72 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.78 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.60 #908b35 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#6f74ca  rgb(111, 116, 202)  hsl(237, 46%, 61%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cac56f  rgb(202, 197, 111)  hsl(57, 46%, 61%)  Dark Khaki
#ca6f74  rgb(202, 111, 116)  hsl(357, 46%, 61%)  Rose Gold
#74ca6f  rgb(116, 202, 111)  hsl(117, 46%, 61%)  Mantis