Blue
#6D8AAE
#6D8AAE is a blue with low intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 5.3:1. On white it reaches only 3.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#6D8AAE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #6D8AAE kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F1F7FF
- 100 DEEDFF
- 200 C2DCFC
- 300 A6C2E5
- 400 89A6CA
- 500 6D8AAE
- 600 546F92
- 700 3D5777
- 800 2A415D
- 900 192C44
- 950 09192B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f1f7ff; --color-blue-100: #deedff; --color-blue-200: #c2dcfc; --color-blue-300: #a6c2e5; --color-blue-400: #89a6ca; --color-blue-500: #6d8aae; --color-blue-600: #546f92; --color-blue-700: #3d5777; --color-blue-800: #2a415d; --color-blue-900: #192c44; --color-blue-950: #09192b;}Is #6D8AAE readable?
Contrast for text on #6D8AAE and for #6D8AAE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 5.3APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #5C789C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 5.3APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #6D8AAE
Six palettes built around #6D8AAE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#6D8AAE · #9E92E5 · #00C3EF · #F4E3FF · #1C2734
- Complementary#6D8AAE · #DAA849 · #E6A300 · #CBE1FF · #242C35
- Split complementary#6D8AAE · #D0643B · #CFAF1C · #C4DFFF · #2B2F35
- Triadic#6D8AAE · #CE8592 · #8EC54B · #CFE2FF · #202A38
- Tetradic#6D8AAE · #D28AB4 · #EAA944 · #9FF2C9 · #2A303A
- Monochromatic#6D8AAE · #68A3F0 · #85B4FF · #CBDFFF · #1C222D
#6D8AAE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #6D8AAE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F1F7FF
- Brand 100, #DEEDFF
- Brand 200, #C2DCFC
- Brand 300, #A6C2E5
- Brand 400, #89A6CA
- Brand 500, #6D8AAE
- Brand 600, #546F92
- Brand 700, #3D5777
- Brand 800, #2A415D
- Brand 900, #192C44
- Brand 950, #09192B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9CA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6E747B
- Neutral 600, #4F555C
- Neutral 700, #3C4147
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #14181D
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #2BA06E
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F1B169
- Warning 400, #E09B49
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #CC4A4E
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F8FF
- Info 100, #DDEDFF
- Info 200, #BCDDFF
- Info 300, #8BC5FF
- Info 400, #67A8E9
- Info 500, #4083C4
- Info 600, #2D71AF
- Info 700, #145891
- Info 800, #004173
- Info 900, #002C51
- Info 950, #001932
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 5.6:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #6D8AAE
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