On connection between associators and 6j-symbols

We propose a new formula relating the rationalized Drinfeld associators obtained from the Knizhnik--Zamolodchikov equation to the quantum 6j-symbols of the algebra U_q(g): U_{q} = U cdot Φ^{KZ}_{Q} . We prove this relation in the case of the sl_2 Lie algebra for the tensor cube of the fundamental and the first symmetric representation. We also check it perturbatively for the sl_N algebra for representations [2]otimes [1] otimes [1], [2]otimes [2] otimes [1], the non-trivial cases with multiplicities --- [2,1]^{otimes 3}, [2,2]^{otimes 3}, and in the case of the so_5 Lie algebra for the tensor cube of the fundamental representation.