#6991e2

Color #6991e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.18 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6991e2

RGB

rgb(105, 145, 226)

HSL

hsl(220.2, 67.6%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.2, 53.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 35.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(60.55, 9.22, -45.36)

LCH

lch(60.55, 46.29, 281.49)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1291, 263.37)

HWB

hwb(220.2, 41.2%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2ba69

Analogous

#69cde2

#6991e2

#7e69e2

Triadic

#6991e2

#e26991

#91e269

Split-complementary

#6991e2

#e27e69

#cde269

Tetradic

#6991e2

#ba69e2

#e2ba69

#91e269

Square

#6991e2

#e269cd

#e2ba69

#69e27e

Shades

Color #6991e2 mixed toward black.

#3b6fd9

#2455b9

#1b408b

#122a5c

#09152e

Tints

Color #6991e2 mixed toward white.

#82a3e7

#9bb6ec

#b4c8f1

#cddaf5

#e6edfa

Tones

Color #6991e2 mixed toward gray.

#7394d8

#7d98ce

#879bc4

#919fba

#9ba2b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7dd2 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#7a77ce · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#6bc4c1 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6991e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6991e2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6991e2 (#6991e2) is rgb(105, 145, 226) in RGB.

No, #6991e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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