#6ca7e2

Color #6ca7e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca7e2

RGB

rgb(108, 167, 226)

HSL

hsl(210, 67%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 52.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(66.76, -2.74, -35.63)

LCH

lch(66.76, 35.74, 265.6)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1065, 249.51)

HWB

hwb(210, 42.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2a76c

Analogous

#6ce2e2

#6ca7e2

#6c6ce2

Triadic

#6ca7e2

#e26ca7

#a7e26c

Split-complementary

#6ca7e2

#e26c6c

#e2e26c

Tetradic

#6ca7e2

#a76ce2

#e2a76c

#a7e26c

Square

#6ca7e2

#e26ce2

#e2a76c

#6ce26c

Shades

Color #6ca7e2 mixed toward black.

#3e8bd9

#256fba

#1c548b

#12385d

#091c2e

Tints

Color #6ca7e2 mixed toward white.

#85b6e7

#9dc4ec

#b6d3f0

#cee2f5

#e7f0fa

Tones

Color #6ca7e2 mixed toward gray.

#76a7d8

#80a7ce

#8aa7c4

#93a7bb

#9da7b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ad6 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#8681d3 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#70cbc9 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca7e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca7e2]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#6ca7e2 (#6ca7e2) is rgb(108, 167, 226) in RGB.

No, #6ca7e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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