#6a57db

Color #6a57db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a57db

RGB

rgb(106, 87, 219)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 64.7%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 60.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(45.63, 41.99, -65.31)

LCH

lch(45.63, 77.64, 302.74)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1935, 284.61)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 34.1%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8db57

Analogous

#5786db

#6a57db

#ac57db

Triadic

#6a57db

#db6a57

#57db6a

Split-complementary

#6a57db

#dbac57

#86db57

Tetradic

#6a57db

#db57c8

#c8db57

#57db6a

Square

#6a57db

#db5786

#c8db57

#57dbac

Shades

Color #6a57db mixed toward black.

#452dd2

#3724a8

#291b7e

#1b1254

#0e092a

Tints

Color #6a57db mixed toward white.

#8373e1

#9c8fe7

#b4abed

#cdc7f3

#e6e3f9

Tones

Color #6a57db mixed toward gray.

#7262d0

#7a6dc5

#8178ba

#8983af

#918ea4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262c5 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#6365c0 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#69b2ad · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a57db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a57db]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a57db (#6a57db) is rgb(106, 87, 219) in RGB.

No, #6a57db 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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