#6f9ce0

Color #6f9ce0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9ce0

RGB

rgb(111, 156, 224)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 64.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 50.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(63.78, 3.56, -39.16)

LCH

lch(63.78, 39.32, 275.19)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1123, 258.44)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 43.5%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0b36f

Analogous

#6fd5e0

#6f9ce0

#7b6fe0

Triadic

#6f9ce0

#e06f9c

#9ce06f

Split-complementary

#6f9ce0

#e07b6f

#d5e06f

Tetradic

#6f9ce0

#b36fe0

#e0b36f

#9ce06f

Square

#6f9ce0

#e06fd5

#e0b36f

#6fe07b

Shades

Color #6f9ce0 mixed toward black.

#417cd6

#2861b8

#1e498a

#14315c

#0a182e

Tints

Color #6f9ce0 mixed toward white.

#87ade5

#9fbdea

#b7cef0

#cfdef5

#e7effa

Tones

Color #6f9ce0 mixed toward gray.

#789ed7

#82a0cd

#8ba2c4

#95a4ba

#9ea6b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585d2 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#827fcf · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#72c6c4 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9ce0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9ce0]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f9ce0 (#6f9ce0) is rgb(111, 156, 224) in RGB.

No, #6f9ce0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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