#6898ce

Color #6898ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6898ce

RGB

rgb(104, 152, 206)

HSL

hsl(211.8, 51%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.8, 49.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(61.53, -1.19, -32.69)

LCH

lch(61.53, 32.71, 267.92)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.096, 252.17)

HWB

hwb(211.8, 40.8%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9e68

Analogous

#68cbce

#6898ce

#6b68ce

Triadic

#6898ce

#ce6898

#98ce68

Split-complementary

#6898ce

#ce6b68

#cbce68

Tetradic

#6898ce

#9e68ce

#ce9e68

#98ce68

Square

#6898ce

#ce68cb

#ce9e68

#68ce6b

Shades

Color #6898ce mixed toward black.

#417dc1

#33649c

#264b75

#19324e

#0d1927

Tints

Color #6898ce mixed toward white.

#81a9d6

#9abade

#b4cbe7

#cdddef

#e6eef7

Tones

Color #6898ce mixed toward gray.

#7198c6

#7999bd

#829ab5

#8a9aac

#939ba4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080c3 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#7d79c0 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#6bb9b7 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6898ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6898ce]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6898ce (#6898ce) is rgb(104, 152, 206) in RGB.

No, #6898ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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