#6495ee

Color #6495ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 0.57 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6495ee

RGB

rgb(100, 149, 238)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 80.2%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 58%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58%, 37.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(61.98, 9.65, -49.77)

LCH

lch(61.98, 50.7, 280.97)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1427, 261.5)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 39.2%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eebd64

Analogous

#64daee

#6495ee

#7864ee

Triadic

#6495ee

#ee6495

#95ee64

Split-complementary

#6495ee

#ee7864

#daee64

Tetradic

#6495ee

#bd64ee

#eebd64

#95ee64

Square

#6495ee

#ee64da

#eebd64

#64ee78

Shades

Color #6495ee mixed toward black.

#3172e8

#1656cb

#114198

#0b2b66

#061633

Tints

Color #6495ee mixed toward white.

#7ea7f1

#98b8f4

#b2caf6

#cbdcf9

#e5edfc

Tones

Color #6495ee mixed toward gray.

#7098e2

#7b9cd7

#879fcc

#92a2c0

#9ea6b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ddd · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#7975d8 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#67ceca · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6495ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6495ee]

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

#6495ee (#6495ee) is rgb(100, 149, 238) in RGB.

No, #6495ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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