#6e9cc8

Color #6e9cc8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9cc8

RGB

rgb(110, 156, 200)

HSL

hsl(209.3, 45%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.3, 45%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(45%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(62.73, -3.74, -27.46)

LCH

lch(62.73, 27.71, 262.24)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0824, 248.04)

HWB

hwb(209.3, 43.1%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c89a6e

Analogous

#6ec8c7

#6e9cc8

#6e6fc8

Triadic

#6e9cc8

#c86e9c

#9cc86e

Split-complementary

#6e9cc8

#c86e6f

#c8c76e

Tetradic

#6e9cc8

#9a6ec8

#c89a6e

#9cc86e

Square

#6e9cc8

#c76ec8

#c89a6e

#6fc86e

Shades

Color #6e9cc8 mixed toward black.

#4983ba

#396896

#2b4e70

#1c344b

#0e1a25

Tints

Color #6e9cc8 mixed toward white.

#86add1

#9ebdda

#b7cee4

#cfdeed

#e7eff6

Tones

Color #6e9cc8 mixed toward gray.

#769cc1

#7d9cb9

#859cb2

#8c9baa

#949ba3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485bf · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#827ebc · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#71b7b5 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9cc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9cc8]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#6e9cc8 (#6e9cc8) is rgb(110, 156, 200) in RGB.

No, #6e9cc8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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