#6a97eb

Color #6a97eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a97eb

RGB

rgb(106, 151, 235)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 76.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 54.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(62.67, 8.74, -47)

LCH

lch(62.67, 47.81, 280.53)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1342, 262.03)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 41.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbe6a

Analogous

#6ad7eb

#6a97eb

#7e6aeb

Triadic

#6a97eb

#eb6a97

#97eb6a

Split-complementary

#6a97eb

#eb7e6a

#d7eb6a

Tetradic

#6a97eb

#be6aeb

#ebbe6a

#97eb6a

Square

#6a97eb

#eb6ad7

#ebbe6a

#6aeb7e

Shades

Color #6a97eb mixed toward black.

#3874e4

#1b57c9

#144296

#0d2c64

#071632

Tints

Color #6a97eb mixed toward white.

#83a8ee

#9cbaf2

#b5cbf5

#cddcf8

#e6eefc

Tones

Color #6a97eb mixed toward gray.

#759ae0

#809ed6

#8aa1cb

#95a4c0

#a0a7b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080da · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#7d7ad6 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#6dccc9 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a97eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a97eb]

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

#6a97eb (#6a97eb) is rgb(106, 151, 235) in RGB.

No, #6a97eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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