#6997ff

Color #6997ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6997ff

RGB

rgb(105, 151, 255)

HSL

hsl(221.6, 100%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.6, 58.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.8%, 40.8%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(63.63, 14.91, -56.45)

LCH

lch(63.63, 58.39, 284.8)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1613, 264.56)

HWB

hwb(221.6, 41.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffd169

Analogous

#69e2ff

#6997ff

#8669ff

Triadic

#6997ff

#ff6997

#97ff69

Split-complementary

#6997ff

#ff8669

#e2ff69

Tetradic

#6997ff

#d169ff

#ffd169

#97ff69

Square

#6997ff

#ff69e2

#ffd169

#69ff86

Shades

Color #6997ff mixed toward black.

#2d6dff

#004af0

#0037b4

#002578

#00123c

Tints

Color #6997ff mixed toward white.

#82a8ff

#9bbaff

#b4cbff

#cddcff

#e6eeff

Tones

Color #6997ff mixed toward gray.

#769cf3

#82a1e6

#8fa6da

#9baacd

#a8afc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080eb · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#7d79e6 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#6cdad6 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 25.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6997ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6997ff]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6997ff (#6997ff) is rgb(105, 151, 255) in RGB.

No, #6997ff 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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