#6a91c8

Color #6a91c8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a91c8

RGB

rgb(106, 145, 200)

HSL

hsl(215.1, 46.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.1, 47%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 27.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(59.42, 1.52, -32.6)

LCH

lch(59.42, 32.64, 272.67)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0936, 257.03)

HWB

hwb(215.1, 41.6%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8a16a

Analogous

#6ac0c8

#6a91c8

#726ac8

Triadic

#6a91c8

#c86a91

#91c86a

Split-complementary

#6a91c8

#c8726a

#c0c86a

Tetradic

#6a91c8

#a16ac8

#c8a16a

#91c86a

Square

#6a91c8

#c86ac0

#c8a16a

#6ac872

Shades

Color #6a91c8 mixed toward black.

#4576ba

#375e95

#294770

#1b2f4b

#0e1825

Tints

Color #6a91c8 mixed toward white.

#83a3d1

#9cb6da

#b4c8e4

#cddaed

#e6edf6

Tones

Color #6a91c8 mixed toward gray.

#7292c0

#7a94b8

#8195b1

#8996a9

#9198a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dbd · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#7a77ba · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#6cb3b1 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a91c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a91c8]

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

#6a91c8 (#6a91c8) is rgb(106, 145, 200) in RGB.

No, #6a91c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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