#6590dd

Color #6590dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6590dd

RGB

rgb(101, 144, 221)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 63.8%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 54.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(59.83, 7.38, -43.74)

LCH

lch(59.83, 44.36, 279.58)

OKLCH

oklch(65.6%, 0.1249, 261.39)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 39.6%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddb265

Analogous

#65ccdd

#6590dd

#7665dd

Triadic

#6590dd

#dd6590

#90dd65

Split-complementary

#6590dd

#dd7665

#ccdd65

Tetradic

#6590dd

#b265dd

#ddb265

#90dd65

Square

#6590dd

#dd65cc

#ddb265

#65dd76

Shades

Color #6590dd mixed toward black.

#3970d3

#2758b0

#1d4284

#132c58

#0a162c

Tints

Color #6590dd mixed toward white.

#7fa2e3

#98b5e8

#b2c7ee

#ccdaf4

#e5ecf9

Tones

Color #6590dd mixed toward gray.

#6f93d3

#7996c9

#8398bf

#8d9bb5

#979eab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ace · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#7774ca · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#68c1be · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 22.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6590dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6590dd]

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

#6590dd (#6590dd) is rgb(101, 144, 221) in RGB.

No, #6590dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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