#6799ea

Color #6799ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6799ea

RGB

rgb(103, 153, 234)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 75.7%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 56%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(56%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(63.01, 6.64, -45.91)

LCH

lch(63.01, 46.39, 278.23)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.1319, 259.65)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 40.4%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab867

Analogous

#67dbea

#6799ea

#7767ea

Triadic

#6799ea

#ea6799

#99ea67

Split-complementary

#6799ea

#ea7767

#dbea67

Tetradic

#6799ea

#b867ea

#eab867

#99ea67

Square

#6799ea

#ea67db

#eab867

#67ea77

Shades

Color #6799ea mixed toward black.

#3678e3

#1b5cc5

#144594

#0e2e63

#071731

Tints

Color #6799ea mixed toward white.

#80aaed

#9abbf1

#b3ccf4

#ccddf8

#e6eefb

Tones

Color #6799ea mixed toward gray.

#729cdf

#7d9ed4

#88a1c9

#93a3be

#9ea6b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080da · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#7d79d6 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#6accc9 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6799ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6799ea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6799ea (#6799ea) is rgb(103, 153, 234) in RGB.

No, #6799ea 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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