#6B7B8C · Slate

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#6B7B8C is a medium, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Slate and near Slate and Gray. In OKLCH it has 58% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 250°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #6B7B8C a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#6B7B8C
RGBrgb(107, 123, 140)
HSLhsl(211, 13%, 48%)
CMYK24, 12, 0, 45
CSS var--slate
Contrast4.34:1 white · 4.84:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate #708090Gray #808080Slate Gray #5D6D7EDove Gray #6D6C6CWarm Gray #8B8589

How to use #6B7B8C

Black text passes WCAG AA on #6B7B8C (4.84:1); white text does not (4.34:1).

For a calm scheme pair #6B7B8C with its analogous neighbors #6A8A8A and #6B6A8A; for contrast use its complement #8A7B6A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--slate: #6B7B8C;

Shades & tints

#15191C#2B3138#404A54#566270#6B7B8C#8995A3#A6B0BA#C4CAD1#E1E5E8

Color harmonies for #6B7B8C

Complementary

#6B7B8C#8A7B6A

Analogous

#6B7B8C#6A8A8A#6B6A8A

Triadic

#6B7B8C#8A6A7A#7A8A6A

Split complementary

#6B7B8C#8A6B6A#8A8A6A

Tetradic

#6B7B8C#8A6A8A#8A7B6A#6A8A6B

Palettes with #6B7B8C