Color specimenNo. 07041664

#6B7280

Muted Blue

A deterministic reference card for #6B7280. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
107, 114, 128
HSL
220°, 9%, 46%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · gray

tailwind · gray 500

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-gray-500, text-gray-500, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · gray

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Class name
gray-500
Hex
#6B7280
Closest CSS named color
slategray
Full color breakdown
/color/6b7280

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #6B7280 as the text color.

4.83:1
AA passAAA failLarge pass

Rating · AA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #6B7280 as the text color.

4.34:1
AA failAAA failLarge pass

Rating · AA Large

Recommendation

When using #6B7280 as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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