#6485cd

Color #6485cd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6485cd

RGB

rgb(100, 133, 205)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 51.2%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 51.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 35.1%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(55.98, 8.65, -40.83)

LCH

lch(55.98, 41.74, 281.96)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1157, 264.59)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 39.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdac64

Analogous

#64bacd

#6485cd

#7764cd

Triadic

#6485cd

#cd6485

#85cd64

Split-complementary

#6485cd

#cd7764

#bacd64

Tetradic

#6485cd

#ac64cd

#cdac64

#85cd64

Square

#6485cd

#cd64ba

#cdac64

#64cd77

Shades

Color #6485cd mixed toward black.

#3e67c0

#32529a

#253e73

#19294d

#0c1526

Tints

Color #6485cd mixed toward white.

#7e99d5

#98aede

#b2c2e6

#cbd6ee

#e5ebf7

Tones

Color #6485cd mixed toward gray.

#6d88c4

#758cbb

#7e8fb3

#8792aa

#9095a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474bf · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#726fbb · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#66b2b0 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 21.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6485cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6485cd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6485cd (#6485cd) is rgb(100, 133, 205) in RGB.

No, #6485cd 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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