#6685ca

Color #6685ca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6685ca

RGB

rgb(102, 133, 202)

HSL

hsl(221.4, 48.5%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.4, 49.5%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.5%, 34.2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(55.95, 8.19, -39.17)

LCH

lch(55.95, 40.02, 281.81)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1107, 264.97)

HWB

hwb(221.4, 40%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caab66

Analogous

#66b7ca

#6685ca

#7966ca

Triadic

#6685ca

#ca6685

#85ca66

Split-complementary

#6685ca

#ca7966

#b7ca66

Tetradic

#6685ca

#ab66ca

#caab66

#85ca66

Square

#6685ca

#ca66b7

#caab66

#66ca79

Shades

Color #6685ca mixed toward black.

#4167bc

#345396

#273e71

#1a294b

#0d1526

Tints

Color #6685ca mixed toward white.

#8099d3

#99aedc

#b3c2e4

#ccd6ed

#e6ebf6

Tones

Color #6685ca mixed toward gray.

#6e88c2

#778bb9

#7f8eb1

#8792a9

#9095a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575bc · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#7370b9 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#68b0ae · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 21.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6685ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6685ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6685ca (#6685ca) is rgb(102, 133, 202) in RGB.

No, #6685ca 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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