#6B95B0

Closest named color: Silver Lake Blue (#778DA9). oklch(64.9% 0.061 237.1), rgb(107, 149, 176).

Black text reads best on this color (6.55:1).

About this color

#6B95B0 is a medium-light, muted blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 65%, its chroma 0.061 and its hue 237°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Silver Lake Blue (#778DA9), ΔE 0.024 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.55:1.

Hue family	Blues
Lightness	medium-light (65%)
Chroma	muted (0.061)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Silver Lake Blue (#778DA9)
Black text	6.55:1
White text	3.20:1

Values

HEX	#6B95B0
RGB	rgb(107, 149, 176)
HSL	hsl(203, 30%, 55%)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.061 237.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #6B95B0	3.20:1	AA large text	Lc -64.6	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #6B95B0	6.55:1	AA	Lc 44.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#6B95B0 text on white	3.20:1	AA large text	Lc 59.2	Large or bold text, headings
#6B95B0 text on black	6.55:1	AA	Lc -42.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F3F6F8

oklch(97.1% 0.004 236.5)
Step 100
100

#E5EBEF

oklch(93.7% 0.008 236.6)
Step 200
200

#CFDBE3

oklch(88.5% 0.017 236.7)
Step 300
300

#AFC4D2

oklch(80.9% 0.03 237)
Step 400
400

#85A6BB

oklch(70.8% 0.048 236.3)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#6B95B0

oklch(64.9% 0.061 237.1)
Step 600
600

#4C7996

oklch(55.5% 0.067 237.9)
Step 700
700

#3D6680

oklch(49.1% 0.062 237.7)
Step 800
800

#335368

oklch(42.7% 0.051 238.4)
Step 900
900

#2D4554

oklch(37.7% 0.039 236.7)
Step 950
950

#1A2831

oklch(26.8% 0.025 237.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#6B95B0 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8994B1	0.038
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#7F8CB0	0.034
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#529C9E	0.047
Achromatopsia (no color)	#909090	0.061