#6872d2

Color #6872d2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.67 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#6872d2

RGB

rgb(104, 114, 210)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 54.1%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 50.5%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.5%, 45.7%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(51.42, 22.59, -50.88)

LCH

lch(51.42, 55.67, 293.94)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.1455, 276.51)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 40.8%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2c868

Analogous

#68a7d2

#6872d2

#9368d2

Triadic

#6872d2

#d26872

#72d268

Split-complementary

#6872d2

#d29368

#a7d268

Tetradic

#6872d2

#c868d2

#d2c868

#72d268

Square

#6872d2

#d268a7

#d2c868

#68d293

Shades

Color #6872d2 mixed toward black.

#404dc6

#303ba1

#242c79

#181d51

#0c0f28

Tints

Color #6872d2 mixed toward white.

#818ada

#9aa1e1

#b4b9e9

#cdd0f0

#e6e8f8

Tones

Color #6872d2 mixed toward gray.

#7179c9

#7a80c0

#8388b8

#8b8faf

#9496a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6dc0 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6bbc · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#69b1ad · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6872d2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6872d2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6872d2 (#6872d2) is rgb(104, 114, 210) in RGB.

No, #6872d2 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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