#6980db

Color #6980db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.03 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6980db

RGB

rgb(105, 128, 219)

HSL

hsl(227.9, 61.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.9, 52.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(55.64, 17.14, -49.23)

LCH

lch(55.64, 52.13, 289.2)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.1397, 271.19)

HWB

hwb(227.9, 41.2%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbc469

Analogous

#69b9db

#6980db

#8b69db

Triadic

#6980db

#db6980

#80db69

Split-complementary

#6980db

#db8b69

#b9db69

Tetradic

#6980db

#c469db

#dbc469

#80db69

Square

#6980db

#db69b9

#dbc469

#69db8b

Shades

Color #6980db mixed toward black.

#3d5bd1

#2a44ae

#1f3383

#152257

#0a112c

Tints

Color #6980db mixed toward white.

#8295e1

#9baae7

#b4bfed

#cdd5f3

#e6eaf9

Tones

Color #6980db mixed toward gray.

#7286d1

#7c8bc8

#8591be

#8f97b5

#989cab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474ca · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#7271c5 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#6abbb7 · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6980db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6980db]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#6980db (#6980db) is rgb(105, 128, 219) in RGB.

No, #6980db is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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