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#6E61BA

#6e61ba ≈ Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6e61ba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 38.04% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.86% cyan, 47.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 248.76°, with 39.21% saturation and 55.49% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Blue (#6a5acd), ΔE 3.97.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1541

Complementary

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #adba61

Split complementary

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #ba9a61
  3. #81ba61

Analogous

  1. #6181ba
  2. #6e61ba
  3. #9a61ba

Triadic

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #ba6e61
  3. #61ba6e

Tetradic

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #ba61ad
  3. #adba61
  4. #61ba6e

Square

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #ba6181
  3. #adba61
  4. #61ba9a

Monochromatic

  1. #2f285a
  2. #4b3f90
  3. #6e61ba
  4. #9f96d1
  5. #d0cbe9

Shades

#6e61ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #6357a7
  3. #584e95
  4. #4d4482
  5. #423a70
  6. #37315d
  7. #2c274a
  8. #211d38
  9. #161325
  10. #0b0a13
  11. #000000

Tints

#6e61ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #7d71c1
  3. #8b81c8
  4. #9a90cf
  5. #a8a0d6
  6. #b7b0dd
  7. #c5c0e3
  8. #d4d0ea
  9. #e2dff1
  10. #f1eff8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6e61ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #7064b4
  3. #7267ae
  4. #736aa9
  5. #756da3
  6. #77719d
  7. #797497
  8. #7b7791
  9. #7c7a8c
  10. #7e7d86
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6d6d6d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e6992 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f70bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e6bb8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #597384 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #556abc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5567b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #626c9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6e61ba {
  color: #6e61ba;
}
Background
.bg-6e61ba {
  background-color: #6e61ba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-6e61ba {
  border: 2px solid #6e61ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6e61ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 97 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 39% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6e61ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6e61ba, #9a61ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6e61ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 97 186 / 0.35);
}

#6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 3.97 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 6.75 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 7.20 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.52 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.41 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.38 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.60 #919e45 Inverted #6d6d6d Grayscale 

Slate Blue
#6e61ba  rgb(110, 97, 186)  hsl(249, 39%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#adba61  rgb(173, 186, 97)  hsl(69, 39%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#ba6e61  rgb(186, 110, 97)  hsl(9, 39%, 55%)  Indian Red
#61ba6e  rgb(97, 186, 110)  hsl(129, 39%, 55%)  Emerald