#638dd1

Color #638dd1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.42 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#638dd1

RGB

rgb(99, 141, 209)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 54.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 52.6%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(58.32, 4.94, -39.39)

LCH

lch(58.32, 39.7, 277.15)

OKLCH

oklch(64.2%, 0.1128, 259.69)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 38.8%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1a763

Analogous

#63c4d1

#638dd1

#7063d1

Triadic

#638dd1

#d1638d

#8dd163

Split-complementary

#638dd1

#d17063

#c4d163

Tetradic

#638dd1

#a763d1

#d1a763

#8dd163

Square

#638dd1

#d163c4

#d1a763

#63d170

Shades

Color #638dd1 mixed toward black.

#3b70c5

#2f599f

#234377

#172d4f

#0c1628

Tints

Color #638dd1 mixed toward white.

#7da0d9

#97b3e0

#b1c6e8

#cbd9f0

#e5ecf7

Tones

Color #638dd1 mixed toward gray.

#6c8fc8

#7591bf

#7f94b6

#8896ac

#9198a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778c3 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#7572c0 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#66b8b5 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #638dd1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#638dd1]

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

#638dd1 (#638dd1) is rgb(99, 141, 209) in RGB.

No, #638dd1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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