#6997bc

Color #6997bc

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6997bc

RGB

rgb(105, 151, 188)

HSL

hsl(206.7, 38.2%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.7, 44.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(60.57, -5.63, -24.06)

LCH

lch(60.57, 24.71, 256.83)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0746, 243.47)

HWB

hwb(206.7, 41.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc8e69

Analogous

#69bcb7

#6997bc

#696ebc

Triadic

#6997bc

#bc6997

#97bc69

Split-complementary

#6997bc

#bc696e

#bcb769

Tetradic

#6997bc

#8e69bc

#bc8e69

#97bc69

Square

#6997bc

#b769bc

#bc8e69

#6ebc69

Shades

Color #6997bc mixed toward black.

#4c7fa9

#3c6687

#2d4c65

#1e3344

#0f1922

Tints

Color #6997bc mixed toward white.

#82a8c7

#9bbad2

#b4cbde

#cddce9

#e6eef4

Tones

Color #6997bc mixed toward gray.

#7096b5

#7796ae

#7e95a7

#8594a0

#8c939a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080b4 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#7d79b2 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#6cadac · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 16.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6997bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6997bc]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#6997bc (#6997bc) is rgb(105, 151, 188) in RGB.

No, #6997bc 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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