#6D6CA6 · Steel Blue

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#6D6CA6 is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Slate Gray. In OKLCH it has 56% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 284°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #6D6CA6 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#6D6CA6
RGBrgb(109, 108, 166)
HSLhsl(241, 25%, 54%)
CMYK34, 35, 0, 35
CSS var--steel-blue
Contrast4.83:1 white · 4.35:1 black

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How to use #6D6CA6

White text passes WCAG AA on #6D6CA6 (4.83:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #6D6CA6 with its analogous neighbors #6C89A7 and #8B6CA7; for contrast use its complement #A6A76C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--steel-blue: #6D6CA6;

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