#6d9ae5

Color #6d9ae5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.72 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6d9ae5

RGB

rgb(109, 154, 229)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 69.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 52.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.4%, 32.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(63.36, 5.78, -42.59)

LCH

lch(63.36, 42.98, 277.73)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1218, 260.21)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 42.7%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5b86d

Analogous

#6dd6e5

#6d9ae5

#7c6de5

Triadic

#6d9ae5

#e56d9a

#9ae56d

Split-complementary

#6d9ae5

#e57c6d

#d6e56d

Tetradic

#6d9ae5

#b86de5

#e5b86d

#9ae56d

Square

#6d9ae5

#e56dd6

#e5b86d

#6de57c

Shades

Color #6d9ae5 mixed toward black.

#3d79dd

#225dbf

#1a4690

#112f60

#091730

Tints

Color #6d9ae5 mixed toward white.

#85abe9

#9ebcee

#b6cdf2

#ceddf6

#e7eefb

Tones

Color #6d9ae5 mixed toward gray.

#779ddb

#819fd1

#8ba2c7

#95a4bd

#9fa7b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383d6 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#807dd2 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#70c9c6 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d9ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d9ae5]

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

#6d9ae5 (#6d9ae5) is rgb(109, 154, 229) in RGB.

No, #6d9ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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