#6196ee

Color #6196ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 0.9 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#6196ee

RGB

rgb(97, 150, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 80.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 59.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.2%, 37%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(62.1, 8.49, -49.58)

LCH

lch(62.1, 50.3, 279.72)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.1428, 260.04)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 38%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb961

Analogous

#61ddee

#6196ee

#7261ee

Triadic

#6196ee

#ee6196

#96ee61

Split-complementary

#6196ee

#ee7261

#ddee61

Tetradic

#6196ee

#b961ee

#eeb961

#96ee61

Square

#6196ee

#ee61dd

#eeb961

#61ee72

Shades

Color #6196ee mixed toward black.

#2f75e9

#1659ca

#104397

#0b2d65

#051632

Tints

Color #6196ee mixed toward white.

#7ba8f1

#96b9f4

#b0cbf7

#cadcf9

#e5eefc

Tones

Color #6196ee mixed toward gray.

#6d99e2

#799cd7

#849fcb

#90a2bf

#9ca5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7cdd · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#7874d8 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#65ceca · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6196ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6196ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6196ee (#6196ee) is rgb(97, 150, 238) in RGB.

No, #6196ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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