#6896e9

Color #6896e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6896e9

RGB

rgb(104, 150, 233)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 74.6%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 55.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.4%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(62.2, 8.28, -46.64)

LCH

lch(62.2, 47.37, 280.07)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1334, 261.46)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 40.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9bb68

Analogous

#68d7e9

#6896e9

#7b68e9

Triadic

#6896e9

#e96896

#96e968

Split-complementary

#6896e9

#e97b68

#d7e968

Tetradic

#6896e9

#bb68e9

#e9bb68

#96e968

Square

#6896e9

#e968d7

#e9bb68

#68e97b

Shades

Color #6896e9 mixed toward black.

#3774e2

#1d58c4

#154293

#0e2c62

#071631

Tints

Color #6896e9 mixed toward white.

#81a8ed

#9ab9f0

#b4cbf4

#cddcf8

#e6eefb

Tones

Color #6896e9 mixed toward gray.

#7399de

#7e9cd4

#889fc9

#93a2be

#9ea5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fd9 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#7c78d5 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#6bcbc7 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6896e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6896e9]

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

#6896e9 (#6896e9) is rgb(104, 150, 233) in RGB.

No, #6896e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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