#6994db

Color #6994db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6994db

RGB

rgb(105, 148, 219)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 61.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 52.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.1%, 32.4%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(61.04, 5.29, -40.7)

LCH

lch(61.04, 41.04, 277.41)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1163, 260.05)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 41.2%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbb069

Analogous

#69cddb

#6994db

#7769db

Triadic

#6994db

#db6994

#94db69

Split-complementary

#6994db

#db7769

#cddb69

Tetradic

#6994db

#b069db

#dbb069

#94db69

Square

#6994db

#db69cd

#dbb069

#69db77

Shades

Color #6994db mixed toward black.

#3d75d1

#2a5cae

#1f4583

#152e57

#0a172c

Tints

Color #6994db mixed toward white.

#82a6e1

#9bb8e7

#b4c9ed

#cddbf3

#e6edf9

Tones

Color #6994db mixed toward gray.

#7296d1

#7c99c8

#859bbe

#8f9db5

#98a0ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ecd · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#7b78c9 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#6cc0be · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6994db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6994db]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6994db (#6994db) is rgb(105, 148, 219) in RGB.

No, #6994db 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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