#6969ff

Color #6969ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6969ff

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 58.8%, 100%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(52.2, 42.33, -74.84)

LCH

lch(52.2, 85.98, 299.49)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.2171, 277.73)

HWB

hwb(240, 41.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff69

Analogous

#69b4ff

#6969ff

#b469ff

Triadic

#6969ff

#ff6969

#69ff69

Split-complementary

#6969ff

#ffb469

#b4ff69

Tetradic

#6969ff

#ff69ff

#ffff69

#69ff69

Square

#6969ff

#ff69b4

#ffff69

#69ffb4

Shades

Color #6969ff mixed toward black.

#2d2dff

#0000f0

#0000b4

#000078

#00003c

Tints

Color #6969ff mixed toward white.

#8282ff

#9b9bff

#b4b4ff

#cdcdff

#e6e6ff

Tones

Color #6969ff mixed toward gray.

#7676f3

#8282e6

#8f8fda

#9b9bcd

#a8a8c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969e6 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#6969e0 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#69d0ca · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6969ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6969ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6969ff (#6969ff) is rgb(105, 105, 255) in RGB.

No, #6969ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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