Exploring the Color #6F77B7

#6F77B7 sits at 233° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 33% saturation and 58% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 111, 119, 183 produces a 5.00:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6F77B7 is a clear variant of CSS slate blue — about 37 units away from #6A5ACD. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, 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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