#6979c8

Color #6979c8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6979c8

RGB

rgb(105, 121, 200)

HSL

hsl(229.9, 46.3%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.9, 47.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(52.78, 15.49, -43.01)

LCH

lch(52.78, 45.71, 289.81)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.1217, 273.53)

HWB

hwb(229.9, 41.2%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8b869

Analogous

#69a8c8

#6979c8

#8969c8

Triadic

#6979c8

#c86979

#79c869

Split-complementary

#6979c8

#c88969

#a8c869

Tetradic

#6979c8

#b869c8

#c8b869

#79c869

Square

#6979c8

#c869a8

#c8b869

#69c889

Shades

Color #6979c8 mixed toward black.

#4458ba

#374695

#293570

#1b234a

#0e1225

Tints

Color #6979c8 mixed toward white.

#828fd1

#9ba6da

#b4bce3

#cdd2ed

#e6e9f6

Tones

Color #6979c8 mixed toward gray.

#717ec0

#7984b8

#8189b0

#898ea8

#9193a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070b9 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#6f6eb5 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#6aaca8 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6979c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6979c8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6979c8 (#6979c8) is rgb(105, 121, 200) in RGB.

No, #6979c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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