#6966ff

Color #6966ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 10.99 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6966ff

RGB

rgb(105, 102, 255)

HSL

hsl(241.2, 100%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.2, 60%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.8%, 60%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(51.52, 44.09, -75.95)

LCH

lch(51.52, 87.82, 300.14)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.2207, 278.28)

HWB

hwb(241.2, 40%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fcff66

Analogous

#66afff

#6966ff

#b666ff

Triadic

#6966ff

#ff6966

#66ff69

Split-complementary

#6966ff

#ffb666

#afff66

Tetradic

#6966ff

#ff66fc

#fcff66

#66ff69

Square

#6966ff

#ff66af

#fcff66

#66ffb6

Shades

Color #6966ff mixed toward black.

#2f2bff

#0500ee

#0400b3

#020077

#01003b

Tints

Color #6966ff mixed toward white.

#8280ff

#9b99ff

#b4b3ff

#cdccff

#e6e5ff

Tones

Color #6966ff mixed toward gray.

#7573f2

#827fe5

#8e8cd9

#9a99cc

#a6a6bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6868e6 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#6868df · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#69cfca · ΔE 41.8

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 29.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6966ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6966ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6966ff (#6966ff) is rgb(105, 102, 255) in RGB.

No, #6966ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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