#6a9efa

Color #6a9efa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a9efa

RGB

rgb(106, 158, 250)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 93.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 57.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 36.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(65.29, 9.41, -51.09)

LCH

lch(65.29, 51.95, 280.44)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1466, 261.09)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 41.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fac66a

Analogous

#6ae6fa

#6a9efa

#7e6afa

Triadic

#6a9efa

#fa6a9e

#9efa6a

Split-complementary

#6a9efa

#fa7e6a

#e6fa6a

Tetradic

#6a9efa

#c66afa

#fac66a

#9efa6a

Square

#6a9efa

#fa6ae6

#fac66a

#6afa7e

Shades

Color #6a9efa mixed toward black.

#3179f8

#0858e6

#0642ac

#042c73

#021639

Tints

Color #6a9efa mixed toward white.

#83aefb

#9cbefc

#b4cffc

#cddffd

#e6effe

Tones

Color #6a9efa mixed toward gray.

#76a1ee

#82a5e2

#8ea8d6

#9aabca

#a6afbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484e8 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#817de3 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#6dd8d5 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 24

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a9efa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a9efa]

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

#6a9efa (#6a9efa) is rgb(106, 158, 250) in RGB.

No, #6a9efa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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