#6E799F#6E799F

#6E799F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.060 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E799F
RGB	rgb(110, 121, 159)
HSL	hsl(227, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(227, 31%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 5.11, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 22.32, 283.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.002 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.06 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5240, 19.4923, 35.5279)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E799F #9F946E

analogous

#6E919F #6E799F #7C6E9F

triadic

#6E799F #9F6E79 #799F6E

tetradic

#6E799F #9F6E91 #9F946E #6E9F7C

square

#6E799F #9F6E91 #9F946E #6E9F7C

split-complementary

#6E799F #9F7C6E #919F6E

monochromatic

#3A4158 #535C7D #6E799F #939BB7 #B8BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#6E799F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#6E799F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E799F

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E799F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E799F	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e799f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 121, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.060 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#999fbb',
    500: '#6e799f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e799f;
$custom-light: #999fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e799f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 20.332,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5816,
    "c": 0.06002,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E799F

secondary

#BFBAAA

accent

#AB6BBD

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E799F

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

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