#6697ce

Color #6697ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6697ce

RGB

rgb(102, 151, 206)

HSL

hsl(211.7, 51.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.7, 50.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(61.14, -1.08, -33.3)

LCH

lch(61.14, 33.32, 268.14)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.0979, 252.16)

HWB

hwb(211.7, 40%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9d66

Analogous

#66cbce

#6697ce

#6966ce

Triadic

#6697ce

#ce6697

#97ce66

Split-complementary

#6697ce

#ce6966

#cbce66

Tetradic

#6697ce

#9d66ce

#ce9d66

#97ce66

Square

#6697ce

#ce66cb

#ce9d66

#66ce69

Shades

Color #6697ce mixed toward black.

#3f7dc2

#32649c

#254b75

#19324e

#0c1927

Tints

Color #6697ce mixed toward white.

#80a8d6

#99bade

#b3cbe7

#ccdcef

#e6eef7

Tones

Color #6697ce mixed toward gray.

#6f98c5

#7798bd

#8099b4

#8999ab

#919aa3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fc3 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#7b77c0 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#69b9b7 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6697ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6697ce]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6697ce (#6697ce) is rgb(102, 151, 206) in RGB.

No, #6697ce 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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