#6a9cf8

Color #6a9cf8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a9cf8

RGB

rgb(106, 156, 248)

HSL

hsl(218.9, 91%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.9, 57.3%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.3%, 37.1%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(64.66, 9.94, -51)

LCH

lch(64.66, 51.96, 281.03)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1461, 261.74)

HWB

hwb(218.9, 41.6%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8c66a

Analogous

#6ae3f8

#6a9cf8

#7f6af8

Triadic

#6a9cf8

#f86a9c

#9cf86a

Split-complementary

#6a9cf8

#f87f6a

#e3f86a

Tetradic

#6a9cf8

#c66af8

#f8c66a

#9cf86a

Square

#6a9cf8

#f86ae3

#f8c66a

#6af87f

Shades

Color #6a9cf8 mixed toward black.

#3276f5

#0b56e1

#0841a9

#052b71

#031638

Tints

Color #6a9cf8 mixed toward white.

#83acf9

#9cbdfa

#b4cdfb

#cddefd

#e6eefe

Tones

Color #6a9cf8 mixed toward gray.

#769fec

#82a3e0

#8da6d4

#99aac9

#a5adbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383e6 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#807ce2 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#6dd7d3 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a9cf8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a9cf8]

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

#6a9cf8 (#6a9cf8) is rgb(106, 156, 248) in RGB.

No, #6a9cf8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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