#6972cc

Color #6972cc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6972cc

RGB

rgb(105, 114, 204)

HSL

hsl(234.5, 49.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.5, 48.5%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.5%, 44.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(51.15, 20.96, -47.89)

LCH

lch(51.15, 52.28, 293.64)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.1368, 277.01)

HWB

hwb(234.5, 41.2%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccc369

Analogous

#69a4cc

#6972cc

#9169cc

Triadic

#6972cc

#cc6972

#72cc69

Split-complementary

#6972cc

#cc9169

#a4cc69

Tetradic

#6972cc

#c369cc

#ccc369

#72cc69

Square

#6972cc

#cc69a4

#ccc369

#69cc91

Shades

Color #6972cc mixed toward black.

#434ebf

#343e9a

#272e73

#1a1f4d

#0d0f26

Tints

Color #6972cc mixed toward white.

#828ad5

#9ba1dd

#b4b9e6

#cdd0ee

#e6e8f7

Tones

Color #6972cc mixed toward gray.

#7179c4

#7a80bc

#8286b3

#8a8dab

#9294a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dbb · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6cb7 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#69ada9 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6972cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6972cc]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#6972cc (#6972cc) is rgb(105, 114, 204) in RGB.

No, #6972cc 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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