#6C6E8A#6C6E8A

#6C6E8A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.044 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6E8A
RGB	rgb(108, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(236, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 5.63, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 16.57, 289.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.0088 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.044 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3466, 16.1747, 26.3006)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6E8A #8A886C

analogous

#6C7D8A #6C6E8A #796C8A

triadic

#6C6E8A #8A6C6E #6E8A6C

tetradic

#6C6E8A #8A6C7D #8A886C #6C8A79

square

#6C6E8A #8A6C7D #8A886C #6C8A79

split-complementary

#6C6E8A #8A796C #7D8A6C

monochromatic

#363745 #515368 #6C6E8A #8D8FA6 #B0B1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#6C6E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#6C6E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6E8A

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6E8A	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67718B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#657377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.044 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9697ac',
    500: '#6c6e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6e8a;
$custom-light: #9697ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54692,
    "c": 0.04352,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6E8A

secondary

#B0AFA2

accent

#B173B5

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0D0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6E8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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