#6486bb

Color #6486bb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6486bb

RGB

rgb(100, 134, 187)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 39%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 46.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.5%, 28.3%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(55.43, 2.56, -31.47)

LCH

lch(55.43, 31.57, 274.65)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0896, 259.07)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 39.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9964

Analogous

#64b1bb

#6486bb

#6e64bb

Triadic

#6486bb

#bb6486

#86bb64

Split-complementary

#6486bb

#bb6e64

#b1bb64

Tetradic

#6486bb

#9964bb

#bb9964

#86bb64

Square

#6486bb

#bb64b1

#bb9964

#64bb6e

Shades

Color #6486bb mixed toward black.

#496da6

#3a5785

#2c4264

#1d2c43

#0f1621

Tints

Color #6486bb mixed toward white.

#7e9ac6

#98aed2

#b2c3dd

#cbd7e8

#e5ebf4

Tones

Color #6486bb mixed toward gray.

#6b88b4

#7389ad

#7a8ba5

#818c9e

#888e97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475b0 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#7270ad · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#66a7a5 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6486bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6486bb]

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

#6486bb (#6486bb) is rgb(100, 134, 187) in RGB.

No, #6486bb 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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