What color is #6B7F81?

#6B7F81 is a grayish cyan known as Blue Blood. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Blue Blood?

The RGB value is 107, 127, 129: 107 red, 127 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Blue Blood?

The complementary color is #816D6B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #6B7F81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 and white text 4.22:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Blue Blood color: hex code #6B7F81

#6B7F81 rgb(107, 127, 129)

Shades of gray

Blue Blood has the hex code #6B7F81. It is a grayish cyan.

In the RGB color model it is made of 42% red, 49.8% green and 50.6% blue (107, 127, 129).

Its hue angle is 185°, with 9% saturation and 46% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 49% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.98:1).

Blue Blood (#6B7F81) color codes

HEX	`#6B7F81`
RGB	`rgb(107, 127, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(42%, 49.8%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(185, 9%, 46%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(185, 17%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 2%, 0%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.71, -6.79, -3.52)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.71, 7.65, 207.4)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(17.614, 19.889, 23.676)`
Decimal	`7044993`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Blue Blood, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #6B7F81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.98:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.22:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#6B7F81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.22:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.98:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #6B7F81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #6b7f81; }
.text { color: #6b7f81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b7f81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(107 127 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #6b7f81, #6b7481); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

See #6B7F81 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #6B7F81?: #6B7F81 is a grayish cyan known as Blue Blood. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Blue Blood?: The RGB value is 107, 127, 129: 107 red, 127 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Blue Blood?: The complementary color is #816D6B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #6B7F81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 and white text 4.22:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.