#6b98ee

Color #6b98ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 1.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b98ee

RGB

rgb(107, 152, 238)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 79.4%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 55%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(55%, 36.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(63.14, 9.31, -47.91)

LCH

lch(63.14, 48.81, 281)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1367, 262.39)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 42%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec16b

Analogous

#6bd9ee

#6b98ee

#7f6bee

Triadic

#6b98ee

#ee6b98

#98ee6b

Split-complementary

#6b98ee

#ee7f6b

#d9ee6b

Tetradic

#6b98ee

#c16bee

#eec16b

#98ee6b

Square

#6b98ee

#ee6bd9

#eec16b

#6bee7f

Shades

Color #6b98ee mixed toward black.

#3774e8

#1856ce

#12419b

#0c2b67

#061634

Tints

Color #6b98ee mixed toward white.

#83a9f1

#9cbaf4

#b5cbf6

#ceddf9

#e6eefc

Tones

Color #6b98ee mixed toward gray.

#769be3

#819fd8

#8ca2cd

#97a6c2

#a1a9b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181dd · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7bd9 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#6ecfcb · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b98ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b98ee]

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

#6b98ee (#6b98ee) is rgb(107, 152, 238) in RGB.

No, #6b98ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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