#6989b4

Color #6989b4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6989b4

RGB

rgb(105, 137, 180)

HSL

hsl(214.4, 33.3%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.4, 41.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(56.28, 0.07, -26.14)

LCH

lch(56.28, 26.14, 270.15)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.0749, 255.95)

HWB

hwb(214.4, 41.2%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b49469

Analogous

#69afb4

#6989b4

#6f69b4

Triadic

#6989b4

#b46989

#89b469

Split-complementary

#6989b4

#b46f69

#afb469

Tetradic

#6989b4

#9469b4

#b49469

#89b469

Square

#6989b4

#b469af

#b49469

#69b46f

Shades

Color #6989b4 mixed toward black.

#4f719e

#3f5a7f

#30445f

#202d3f

#101720

Tints

Color #6989b4 mixed toward white.

#829dc0

#9bb0cd

#b4c4d9

#cdd8e6

#e6ebf2

Tones

Color #6989b4 mixed toward gray.

#6f8aae

#768ba8

#7c8ca1

#828d9b

#888e95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878ab · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#7674a9 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#6ba3a1 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6989b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6989b4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6989b4 (#6989b4) is rgb(105, 137, 180) in RGB.

No, #6989b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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