#6f9fed

Color #6f9fed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9fed

RGB

rgb(111, 159, 237)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 77.8%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 53.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(65.19, 5.79, -44.11)

LCH

lch(65.19, 44.49, 277.48)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1264, 259.75)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 43.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edbd6f

Analogous

#6fdeed

#6f9fed

#7e6fed

Triadic

#6f9fed

#ed6f9f

#9fed6f

Split-complementary

#6f9fed

#ed7e6f

#deed6f

Tetradic

#6f9fed

#bd6fed

#edbd6f

#9fed6f

Square

#6f9fed

#ed6fde

#edbd6f

#6fed7e

Shades

Color #6f9fed mixed toward black.

#3b7de7

#1a5fce

#13479b

#0d2f67

#061834

Tints

Color #6f9fed mixed toward white.

#87aff0

#9fbff3

#b7cff6

#cfdff9

#e7effc

Tones

Color #6f9fed mixed toward gray.

#79a1e2

#84a4d8

#8ea6cd

#99a9c3

#a3abb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687dd · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#8480d9 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#72d0cd · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9fed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9fed]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6f9fed (#6f9fed) is rgb(111, 159, 237) in RGB.

No, #6f9fed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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