#6ca8ec

Color #6ca8ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.45 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca8ec

RGB

rgb(108, 168, 236)

HSL

hsl(211.9, 77.1%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.9, 54.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(67.46, -0.27, -40.02)

LCH

lch(67.46, 40.02, 269.61)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1179, 252.53)

HWB

hwb(211.9, 42.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb06c

Analogous

#6ce8ec

#6ca8ec

#706cec

Triadic

#6ca8ec

#ec6ca8

#a8ec6c

Split-complementary

#6ca8ec

#ec706c

#e8ec6c

Tetradic

#6ca8ec

#b06cec

#ecb06c

#a8ec6c

Square

#6ca8ec

#ec6ce8

#ecb06c

#6cec70

Shades

Color #6ca8ec mixed toward black.

#398ae5

#1a6dcb

#145298

#0d3766

#071b33

Tints

Color #6ca8ec mixed toward white.

#85b7ef

#9dc5f2

#b6d4f6

#cee2f9

#e7f1fc

Tones

Color #6ca8ec mixed toward gray.

#77a9e1

#82a9d7

#8caacc

#97abc1

#a1abb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bde · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#8782da · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#70d2cf · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca8ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca8ec]

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Frequently asked questions

#6ca8ec (#6ca8ec) is rgb(108, 168, 236) in RGB.

No, #6ca8ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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