#6f99ca

Color #6f99ca

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f99ca

RGB

rgb(111, 153, 202)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 46.2%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 45%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(45%, 24.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(62.02, -1.22, -29.66)

LCH

lch(62.02, 29.69, 267.64)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0865, 252.86)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 43.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa06f

Analogous

#6fc7ca

#6f99ca

#736fca

Triadic

#6f99ca

#ca6f99

#99ca6f

Split-complementary

#6f99ca

#ca736f

#c7ca6f

Tetradic

#6f99ca

#a06fca

#caa06f

#99ca6f

Square

#6f99ca

#ca6fc7

#caa06f

#6fca73

Shades

Color #6f99ca mixed toward black.

#497ebc

#386599

#2a4c72

#1c324c

#0e1926

Tints

Color #6f99ca mixed toward white.

#87aad3

#9fbbdc

#b7cce5

#cfdded

#e7eef6

Tones

Color #6f99ca mixed toward gray.

#779ac2

#7e9abb

#869bb3

#8d9bac

#959ca4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384c0 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#817dbd · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#72b7b5 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f99ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f99ca]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6f99ca (#6f99ca) is rgb(111, 153, 202) in RGB.

No, #6f99ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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