#6499ef

Color #6499ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6499ef

RGB

rgb(100, 153, 239)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 81.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 58.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(63.11, 7.64, -48.52)

LCH

lch(63.11, 49.12, 278.95)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.1397, 259.65)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 39.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efba64

Analogous

#64dfef

#6499ef

#7564ef

Triadic

#6499ef

#ef6499

#99ef64

Split-complementary

#6499ef

#ef7564

#dfef64

Tetradic

#6499ef

#ba64ef

#efba64

#99ef64

Square

#6499ef

#ef64df

#efba64

#64ef75

Shades

Color #6499ef mixed toward black.

#3177ea

#155bcd

#10449a

#0b2e66

#051733

Tints

Color #6499ef mixed toward white.

#7eaaf2

#98bbf4

#b2ccf7

#cbddfa

#e5eefc

Tones

Color #6499ef mixed toward gray.

#709ce3

#7b9fd8

#87a1cc

#92a4c1

#9ea7b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fde · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#7b77da · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#67cfcc · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 23.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6499ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6499ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6499ef (#6499ef) is rgb(100, 153, 239) in RGB.

No, #6499ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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