#6E8FA3 · Slate

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#6E8FA3 is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Slate and near Slate and Cadet. In OKLCH it has 63% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 235°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #6E8FA3 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#6E8FA3
RGBrgb(110, 143, 163)
HSLhsl(203, 22%, 54%)
CMYK33, 12, 0, 36
CSS var--slate
Contrast3.43:1 white · 6.12:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate #708090Cadet #5F9EA0Warm Gray #8B8589Gray #808080Pewter #8E9A9B

How to use #6E8FA3

Black text passes WCAG AA on #6E8FA3 (6.12:1); white text does not (3.43:1).

For a calm scheme pair #6E8FA3 with its analogous neighbors #70A49D and #7076A4; for contrast use its complement #A48470 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--slate: #6E8FA3;

Shades & tints

#161D21#2C3941#425662#587282#6E8FA3#8BA5B5#A8BCC8#C5D2DA#E2E9ED

Color harmonies for #6E8FA3

Complementary

#6E8FA3#A48470

Analogous

#6E8FA3#70A49D#7076A4

Triadic

#6E8FA3#A47090#90A470

Split complementary

#6E8FA3#A47076#A49D70

Tetradic

#6E8FA3#9D70A4#A48470#76A470

Palettes with #6E8FA3