#6ba5ed

Color #6ba5ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba5ed

RGB

rgb(107, 165, 237)

HSL

hsl(213.2, 78.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.2, 54.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(66.63, 1.52, -41.86)

LCH

lch(66.63, 41.89, 272.08)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1223, 254.54)

HWB

hwb(213.2, 42%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edb36b

Analogous

#6be6ed

#6ba5ed

#726bed

Triadic

#6ba5ed

#ed6ba5

#a5ed6b

Split-complementary

#6ba5ed

#ed726b

#e6ed6b

Tetradic

#6ba5ed

#b36bed

#edb36b

#a5ed6b

Square

#6ba5ed

#ed6be6

#edb36b

#6bed72

Shades

Color #6ba5ed mixed toward black.

#3886e7

#1969cd

#134f99

#0c3566

#061a33

Tints

Color #6ba5ed mixed toward white.

#84b4f0

#9cc3f3

#b5d2f6

#cee1f9

#e6f0fc

Tones

Color #6ba5ed mixed toward gray.

#76a6e2

#81a8d7

#8ca9cd

#96aac2

#a1abb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889de · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#8580db · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#6fd2cf · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba5ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#6ba5ed (#6ba5ed) is rgb(107, 165, 237) in RGB.

No, #6ba5ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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