#6b97e2

Color #6b97e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.42 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6b97e2

RGB

rgb(107, 151, 226)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 67.2%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 52.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(62.29, 6.15, -42.61)

LCH

lch(62.29, 43.05, 278.21)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1217, 260.59)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 42%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2b66b

Analogous

#6bd3e2

#6b97e2

#7b6be2

Triadic

#6b97e2

#e26b97

#97e26b

Split-complementary

#6b97e2

#e27b6b

#d3e26b

Tetradic

#6b97e2

#b66be2

#e2b66b

#97e26b

Square

#6b97e2

#e26bd3

#e2b66b

#6be27b

Shades

Color #6b97e2 mixed toward black.

#3d76d9

#245cba

#1b458b

#122e5d

#09172e

Tints

Color #6b97e2 mixed toward white.

#84a8e7

#9cbaec

#b5cbf0

#cedcf5

#e6eefa

Tones

Color #6b97e2 mixed toward gray.

#759ad8

#7f9cce

#899fc4

#93a1ba

#9da4b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081d3 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7acf · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#6ec6c3 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b97e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b97e2]

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

#6b97e2 (#6b97e2) is rgb(107, 151, 226) in RGB.

No, #6b97e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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