#6f9ae8

Color #6f9ae8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9ae8

RGB

rgb(111, 154, 232)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 72.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 52.2%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.2%, 33.6%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(63.6, 7.14, -43.86)

LCH

lch(63.6, 44.44, 279.25)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.125, 261.68)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 43.5%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8bd6f

Analogous

#6fd7e8

#6f9ae8

#816fe8

Triadic

#6f9ae8

#e86f9a

#9ae86f

Split-complementary

#6f9ae8

#e8816f

#d7e86f

Tetradic

#6f9ae8

#bd6fe8

#e8bd6f

#9ae86f

Square

#6f9ae8

#e86fd7

#e8bd6f

#6fe881

Shades

Color #6f9ae8 mixed toward black.

#3e77e0

#1f5ac5

#184494

#102d63

#081731

Tints

Color #6f9ae8 mixed toward white.

#87abec

#9fbcf0

#b7cdf4

#cfddf7

#e7eefb

Tones

Color #6f9ae8 mixed toward gray.

#799dde

#83a0d4

#8da3ca

#97a6c0

#a2a9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484d8 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#817ed4 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#72cbc8 · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9ae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9ae8]

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

#6f9ae8 (#6f9ae8) is rgb(111, 154, 232) in RGB.

No, #6f9ae8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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