#6a97e3

Color #6a97e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6a97e3

RGB

rgb(106, 151, 227)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 68.4%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 53.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(62.29, 6.24, -43.18)

LCH

lch(62.29, 43.63, 278.22)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1235, 260.45)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 41.6%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3b66a

Analogous

#6ad4e3

#6a97e3

#7a6ae3

Triadic

#6a97e3

#e36a97

#97e36a

Split-complementary

#6a97e3

#e37a6a

#d4e36a

Tetradic

#6a97e3

#b66ae3

#e3b66a

#97e36a

Square

#6a97e3

#e36ad4

#e3b66a

#6ae37a

Shades

Color #6a97e3 mixed toward black.

#3b76da

#235cbb

#1a458c

#122e5d

#09172f

Tints

Color #6a97e3 mixed toward white.

#83a8e8

#9cbaec

#b4cbf1

#cddcf6

#e6eefa

Tones

Color #6a97e3 mixed toward gray.

#749ad9

#7e9ccf

#889fc5

#92a1bb

#9ca4b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080d4 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#7d7ad0 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#6dc7c4 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a97e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a97e3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a97e3 (#6a97e3) is rgb(106, 151, 227) in RGB.

No, #6a97e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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