#6398ec

Color #6398ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6398ec

RGB

rgb(99, 152, 236)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 78.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 58.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(62.64, 7.06, -47.61)

LCH

lch(62.64, 48.13, 278.43)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1372, 259.25)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 38.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb763

Analogous

#63dcec

#6398ec

#7363ec

Triadic

#6398ec

#ec6398

#98ec63

Split-complementary

#6398ec

#ec7363

#dcec63

Tetradic

#6398ec

#b763ec

#ecb763

#98ec63

Square

#6398ec

#ec63dc

#ecb763

#63ec73

Shades

Color #6398ec mixed toward black.

#3177e6

#185cc7

#124595

#0c2e64

#061732

Tints

Color #6398ec mixed toward white.

#7da9ef

#97baf2

#b1ccf6

#cbddf9

#e5eefc

Tones

Color #6398ec mixed toward gray.

#6e9be1

#7a9dd5

#85a0ca

#91a2be

#9ca5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7edb · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#7a76d7 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#66cdca · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6398ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6398ec]

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

#6398ec (#6398ec) is rgb(99, 152, 236) in RGB.

No, #6398ec 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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