#6591e1

Color #6591e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.57 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6591e1

RGB

rgb(101, 145, 225)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 67.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 55.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.1%, 35.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(60.29, 8.05, -45.23)

LCH

lch(60.29, 45.94, 280.09)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.1293, 261.64)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 39.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b565

Analogous

#65cfe1

#6591e1

#7765e1

Triadic

#6591e1

#e16591

#91e165

Split-complementary

#6591e1

#e17765

#cfe165

Tetradic

#6591e1

#b565e1

#e1b565

#91e165

Square

#6591e1

#e165cf

#e1b565

#65e177

Shades

Color #6591e1 mixed toward black.

#3770d8

#2357b6

#1b4288

#122c5b

#09162d

Tints

Color #6591e1 mixed toward white.

#7fa3e6

#98b6eb

#b2c8f0

#ccdaf5

#e5edfa

Tones

Color #6591e1 mixed toward gray.

#6f94d7

#7a97cc

#849ac2

#8e9db8

#99a0ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bd1 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#7874cd · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#68c4c0 · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6591e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6591e1]

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

#6591e1 (#6591e1) is rgb(101, 145, 225) in RGB.

No, #6591e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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