#6aa1fa

Color #6aa1fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6aa1fa

RGB

rgb(106, 161, 250)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 93.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 57.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(66.1, 7.68, -49.81)

LCH

lch(66.1, 50.4, 278.77)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1433, 259.63)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 41.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fac36a

Analogous

#6ae9fa

#6aa1fa

#7b6afa

Triadic

#6aa1fa

#fa6aa1

#a1fa6a

Split-complementary

#6aa1fa

#fa7b6a

#e9fa6a

Tetradic

#6aa1fa

#c36afa

#fac36a

#a1fa6a

Square

#6aa1fa

#fa6ae9

#fac36a

#6afa7b

Shades

Color #6aa1fa mixed toward black.

#317df8

#085ce6

#0645ac

#042e73

#021739

Tints

Color #6aa1fa mixed toward white.

#83b1fb

#9cc0fc

#b4d0fc

#cde0fd

#e6effe

Tones

Color #6aa1fa mixed toward gray.

#76a4ee

#82a7e2

#8ea9d6

#9aacca

#a6afbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586e8 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#827ee4 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#6ed9d6 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6aa1fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6aa1fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6aa1fa (#6aa1fa) is rgb(106, 161, 250) in RGB.

No, #6aa1fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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