#6b91ce

Color #6b91ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b91ce

RGB

rgb(107, 145, 206)

HSL

hsl(217, 50.3%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 48.1%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(59.74, 3.55, -35.47)

LCH

lch(59.74, 35.65, 275.72)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1011, 259.57)

HWB

hwb(217, 42%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cea86b

Analogous

#6bc3ce

#6b91ce

#776bce

Triadic

#6b91ce

#ce6b91

#91ce6b

Split-complementary

#6b91ce

#ce776b

#c3ce6b

Tetradic

#6b91ce

#a86bce

#cea86b

#91ce6b

Square

#6b91ce

#ce6bc3

#cea86b

#6bce77

Shades

Color #6b91ce mixed toward black.

#4474c1

#345c9d

#274576

#1a2e4e

#0d1727

Tints

Color #6b91ce mixed toward white.

#84a3d6

#9cb6de

#b5c8e7

#cedaef

#e6edf7

Tones

Color #6b91ce mixed toward gray.

#7393c6

#7c95be

#8497b5

#8c99ad

#949ba5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ec1 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#7b78be · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#6db7b4 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b91ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b91ce]

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

#6b91ce (#6b91ce) is rgb(107, 145, 206) in RGB.

No, #6b91ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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