#6cacf9

Color #6cacf9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6cacf9

RGB

rgb(108, 172, 249)

HSL

hsl(212.8, 92.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.8, 56.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(69.13, 1.49, -44.48)

LCH

lch(69.13, 44.5, 271.92)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1305, 253.94)

HWB

hwb(212.8, 42.4%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9b96c

Analogous

#6cf2f9

#6cacf9

#736cf9

Triadic

#6cacf9

#f96cac

#acf96c

Split-complementary

#6cacf9

#f9736c

#f2f96c

Tetradic

#6cacf9

#b96cf9

#f9b96c

#acf96c

Square

#6cacf9

#f96cf2

#f9b96c

#6cf973

Shades

Color #6cacf9 mixed toward black.

#338cf7

#096de5

#0752ac

#053672

#021b39

Tints

Color #6cacf9 mixed toward white.

#84bafa

#9dc8fb

#b5d5fc

#cee3fd

#e6f1fe

Tones

Color #6cacf9 mixed toward gray.

#78aded

#83aee2

#8fafd6

#9bb0ca

#a7b1be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8de9 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#8983e5 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#70dcd9 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6cacf9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6cacf9]

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Frequently asked questions

#6cacf9 (#6cacf9) is rgb(108, 172, 249) in RGB.

No, #6cacf9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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