#6995dd

Color #6995dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6995dd

RGB

rgb(105, 149, 221)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 63%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 52.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(61.41, 5.33, -41.24)

LCH

lch(61.41, 41.58, 277.36)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.118, 259.9)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 41.2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddb169

Analogous

#69cfdd

#6995dd

#7769dd

Triadic

#6995dd

#dd6995

#95dd69

Split-complementary

#6995dd

#dd7769

#cfdd69

Tetradic

#6995dd

#b169dd

#ddb169

#95dd69

Square

#6995dd

#dd69cf

#ddb169

#69dd77

Shades

Color #6995dd mixed toward black.

#3d76d3

#285cb1

#1e4585

#142e59

#0a172c

Tints

Color #6995dd mixed toward white.

#82a7e3

#9bb8e8

#b4caee

#cddcf4

#e6edf9

Tones

Color #6995dd mixed toward gray.

#7397d3

#7c9aca

#869cc0

#909eb6

#99a1ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fcf · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#7c78cb · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#6cc2bf · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 21.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6995dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6995dd]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6995dd (#6995dd) is rgb(105, 149, 221) in RGB.

No, #6995dd 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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