#6F7A9C · Slate

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#6F7A9C is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Slate and near Slate and Steel Blue. In OKLCH it has 58% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 271°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #6F7A9C a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#6F7A9C
RGBrgb(111, 122, 156)
HSLhsl(225, 19%, 52%)
CMYK29, 22, 0, 39
CSS var--slate
Contrast4.25:1 white · 4.94:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate #708090Steel Blue #4682B4Gray #808080Slate Gray #5D6D7EWarm Gray #8B8589

How to use #6F7A9C

Black text passes WCAG AA on #6F7A9C (4.94:1); white text does not (4.25:1).

For a calm scheme pair #6F7A9C with its analogous neighbors #6D909C and #796D9C; for contrast use its complement #9C906D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--slate: #6F7A9C;

Shades & tints

#16181F#2C313E#43495E#59627D#6F7A9C#8C95B0#A9AFC4#C5CAD7#E2E4EB

Color harmonies for #6F7A9C

Complementary

#6F7A9C#9C906D

Analogous

#6F7A9C#6D909C#796D9C

Triadic

#6F7A9C#9C6D79#799C6D

Split complementary

#6F7A9C#9C796D#909C6D

Tetradic

#6F7A9C#9C6D90#9C906D#6D9C79

Palettes with #6F7A9C