#6499e4

Color #6499e4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6499e4

RGB

rgb(100, 153, 228)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 70.3%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 56.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(62.58, 4.13, -43.29)

LCH

lch(62.58, 43.49, 275.45)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1253, 257.18)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 39.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4af64

Analogous

#64d9e4

#6499e4

#6f64e4

Triadic

#6499e4

#e46499

#99e464

Split-complementary

#6499e4

#e46f64

#d9e464

Tetradic

#6499e4

#af64e4

#e4af64

#99e464

Square

#6499e4

#e464d9

#e4af64

#64e46f

Shades

Color #6499e4 mixed toward black.

#357adc

#2060ba

#18488c

#10305d

#08182f

Tints

Color #6499e4 mixed toward white.

#7eaae8

#98bbed

#b1ccf1

#cbddf6

#e5eefa

Tones

Color #6499e4 mixed toward gray.

#6f9bd9

#799dcf

#849ec4

#8fa0b9

#99a2af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fd5 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#7b77d1 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#67c8c5 · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6499e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6499e4]

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

#6499e4 (#6499e4) is rgb(100, 153, 228) in RGB.

No, #6499e4 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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