#6496e2

Color #6496e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6496e2

RGB

rgb(100, 150, 226)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 68.5%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 55.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(61.66, 5.24, -43.63)

LCH

lch(61.66, 43.94, 276.85)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.1257, 258.53)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 39.2%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2b064

Analogous

#64d5e2

#6496e2

#7164e2

Triadic

#6496e2

#e26496

#96e264

Split-complementary

#6496e2

#e27164

#d5e264

Tetradic

#6496e2

#b064e2

#e2b064

#96e264

Square

#6496e2

#e264d5

#e2b064

#64e271

Shades

Color #6496e2 mixed toward black.

#3677d9

#225db7

#1a4689

#112f5c

#09172e

Tints

Color #6496e2 mixed toward white.

#7ea7e7

#98b9ec

#b1caf1

#cbdcf5

#e5edfa

Tones

Color #6496e2 mixed toward gray.

#6e98d7

#799acd

#839cc2

#8e9fb8

#98a1ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

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

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dd3 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#7a76cf · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#67c6c3 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6496e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6496e2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6496e2 (#6496e2) is rgb(100, 150, 226) in RGB.

No, #6496e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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