Exploring the Color #6C6C8F

#6C6C8F sits at 240° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 14% saturation and 49% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, balanced tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 108, 108, 143 produces a 5.02:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6C6C8F is a clear variant of CSS gray — about 32 units away from #808080. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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