#6494eb

Color #6494eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 0.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6494eb

RGB

rgb(100, 148, 235)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 77.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 57.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.4%, 37%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(61.55, 9.28, -48.78)

LCH

lch(61.55, 49.65, 280.77)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.1397, 261.48)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 39.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbb64

Analogous

#64d7eb

#6494eb

#7864eb

Triadic

#6494eb

#eb6494

#94eb64

Split-complementary

#6494eb

#eb7864

#d7eb64

Tetradic

#6494eb

#bb64eb

#ebbb64

#94eb64

Square

#6494eb

#eb64d7

#ebbb64

#64eb78

Shades

Color #6494eb mixed toward black.

#3372e5

#1a57c6

#134194

#0d2b63

#061631

Tints

Color #6494eb mixed toward white.

#7ea6ee

#98b8f2

#b2c9f5

#cbdbf8

#e5edfc

Tones

Color #6494eb mixed toward gray.

#6f97e0

#7b9ad4

#869ec9

#91a1be

#9ca4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7cda · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#7975d6 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#67cbc8 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 23.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6494eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6494eb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6494eb (#6494eb) is rgb(100, 148, 235) in RGB.

No, #6494eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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