#6D7599

A medium, muted blue closely aligning with Slategray.

About #6D7599

When working with digital screens, the color #6D7599 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Slategray. Its digital footprint relies on 109 parts red, 117 parts green, and 153 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 29% cyan and 24% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#6D7599
RGB109, 117, 153
HSL229.1°, 17.7%, 51.4%
CMYK29%, 24%, 0%, 40%
HSV229.1°, 28.8%, 60.0%
LAB49.8, 5.6, -20.4
XYZ18.4, 18.3, 32.7
Decimal7173529

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.51:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.65:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.31:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.96:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #6D7599; }
.text-color { color: #6D7599; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #6D7599; }

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