#6599f1

Color #6599f1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 1.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6599f1

RGB

rgb(101, 153, 241)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 83.3%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 58.1%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(63.26, 8.47, -49.39)

LCH

lch(63.26, 50.11, 279.73)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.142, 260.39)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 39.6%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1bd65

Analogous

#65dff1

#6599f1

#7765f1

Triadic

#6599f1

#f16599

#99f165

Split-complementary

#6599f1

#f17765

#dff165

Tetradic

#6599f1

#bd65f1

#f1bd65

#99f165

Square

#6599f1

#f165df

#f1bd65

#65f177

Shades

Color #6599f1 mixed toward black.

#3177ec

#135ad1

#0e439d

#0a2d69

#051634

Tints

Color #6599f1 mixed toward white.

#7faaf3

#98bbf6

#b2ccf8

#ccddfa

#e5eefd

Tones

Color #6599f1 mixed toward gray.

#719ce5

#7d9fda

#88a2ce

#94a5c2

#9fa8b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fe0 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#7c78db · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#68d1cd · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6599f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6599f1]

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

#6599f1 (#6599f1) is rgb(101, 153, 241) in RGB.

No, #6599f1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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