#6956de

Color #6956de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 7.2 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6956de

RGB

rgb(105, 86, 222)

HSL

hsl(248.4, 67.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.4, 61.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(45.54, 43.28, -67.16)

LCH

lch(45.54, 79.9, 302.8)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1986, 284.08)

HWB

hwb(248.4, 33.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbde56

Analogous

#5687de

#6956de

#ad56de

Triadic

#6956de

#de6956

#56de69

Split-complementary

#6956de

#dead56

#87de56

Tetradic

#6956de

#de56cb

#cbde56

#56de69

Square

#6956de

#de5687

#cbde56

#56dead

Shades

Color #6956de mixed toward black.

#432bd6

#3522ac

#281981

#1a1156

#0d082b

Tints

Color #6956de mixed toward white.

#8272e3

#9b8ee9

#b4abee

#cdc7f4

#e6e3f9

Tones

Color #6956de mixed toward gray.

#7161d3

#796dc7

#8278bc

#8a83b1

#928fa5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6161c8 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#6264c2 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#68b4af · ΔE 39.9

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 28.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6956de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6956de]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6956de (#6956de) is rgb(105, 86, 222) in RGB.

No, #6956de 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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