#6f9ae9

Color #6f9ae9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9ae9

RGB

rgb(111, 154, 233)

HSL

hsl(218.9, 73.5%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.9, 52.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(63.65, 7.45, -44.34)

LCH

lch(63.65, 44.96, 279.54)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1263, 261.85)

HWB

hwb(218.9, 43.5%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9be6f

Analogous

#6fd7e9

#6f9ae9

#816fe9

Triadic

#6f9ae9

#e96f9a

#9ae96f

Split-complementary

#6f9ae9

#e9816f

#d7e96f

Tetradic

#6f9ae9

#be6fe9

#e9be6f

#9ae96f

Square

#6f9ae9

#e96fd7

#e9be6f

#6fe981

Shades

Color #6f9ae9 mixed toward black.

#3d77e1

#1e5ac7

#174395

#0f2d64

#081632

Tints

Color #6f9ae9 mixed toward white.

#87abed

#9fbcf0

#b7cdf4

#cfddf8

#e7eefb

Tones

Color #6f9ae9 mixed toward gray.

#799ddf

#84a0d5

#8ea3cb

#98a6c0

#a2a9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8484d9 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#817ed5 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#72ccc9 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9ae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9ae9]

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

#6f9ae9 (#6f9ae9) is rgb(111, 154, 233) in RGB.

No, #6f9ae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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