#6f9ff1

Color #6f9ff1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.29 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9ff1

RGB

rgb(111, 159, 241)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 82.3%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 53.9%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.9%, 34%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(65.38, 7.03, -46.01)

LCH

lch(65.38, 46.54, 278.69)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1317, 260.6)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 43.5%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1c16f

Analogous

#6fe0f1

#6f9ff1

#806ff1

Triadic

#6f9ff1

#f16f9f

#9ff16f

Split-complementary

#6f9ff1

#f1806f

#e0f16f

Tetradic

#6f9ff1

#c16ff1

#f1c16f

#9ff16f

Square

#6f9ff1

#f16fe0

#f1c16f

#6ff180

Shades

Color #6f9ff1 mixed toward black.

#397bec

#155cd6

#1045a0

#0a2e6b

#051735

Tints

Color #6f9ff1 mixed toward white.

#87aff3

#9fbff6

#b7cff8

#cfdffa

#e7effd

Tones

Color #6f9ff1 mixed toward gray.

#7aa2e6

#85a5db

#8fa7d0

#9aaac6

#a5adbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687e1 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#8480dd · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#72d3cf · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9ff1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9ff1]

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

#6f9ff1 (#6f9ff1) is rgb(111, 159, 241) in RGB.

No, #6f9ff1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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