#6E8EAE — Blue

#6E8EAE is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium blue, and it is also commonly known as Blue, Cobalt Blue. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#6E8EAE color swatch, blue#6E8EAE
CSS Namelightslategray (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f6f8
100#e5eaf0
200#d0dbe6
300#afc3d7
400#89a5c2
500#6d8fb1
600#5c7d9d
700#4a6885
800#3d566f
900#32495f
950#1c2b39

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.42:1
Contrast on black
6.14:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.004 248.8); /* #f3f6f8 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.01 248.8); /* #e5eaf0 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.02 248.8); /* #d0dbe6 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.036 248.8); /* #afc3d7 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.053 248.8); /* #89a5c2 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.063 248.8); /* #6d8fb1 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.062 248.8); /* #5c7d9d */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.058 248.8); /* #4a6885 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.052 248.8); /* #3d566f */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.047 248.8); /* #32495f */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.033 248.8); /* #1c2b39 */
}

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