#6a87e4

Color #6a87e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#6a87e4

RGB

rgb(106, 135, 228)

HSL

hsl(225.7, 69.3%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.7, 53.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(58.03, 15.99, -50.47)

LCH

lch(58.03, 52.94, 287.58)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.1432, 269.08)

HWB

hwb(225.7, 41.6%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4c76a

Analogous

#6ac4e4

#6a87e4

#8a6ae4

Triadic

#6a87e4

#e46a87

#87e46a

Split-complementary

#6a87e4

#e48a6a

#c4e46a

Tetradic

#6a87e4

#c76ae4

#e4c76a

#87e46a

Square

#6a87e4

#e46ac4

#e4c76a

#6ae48a

Shades

Color #6a87e4 mixed toward black.

#3b61db

#2247bd

#1a358d

#11235e

#09122f

Tints

Color #6a87e4 mixed toward white.

#839be8

#9cafed

#b5c3f1

#cdd7f6

#e6ebfa

Tones

Color #6a87e4 mixed toward gray.

#748cda

#7e92d0

#8997c6

#939cbb

#9da2b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878d2 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#7674ce · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#6cc3bf · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a87e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a87e4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a87e4 (#6a87e4) is rgb(106, 135, 228) in RGB.

No, #6a87e4 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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