#6a8adb

Color #6a8adb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.02 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6a8adb

RGB

rgb(106, 138, 219)

HSL

hsl(223, 61.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223, 51.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.6%, 37%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(58.37, 11.39, -44.9)

LCH

lch(58.37, 46.32, 284.23)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1271, 266.57)

HWB

hwb(223, 41.6%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbbb6a

Analogous

#6ac2db

#6a8adb

#826adb

Triadic

#6a8adb

#db6a8a

#8adb6a

Split-complementary

#6a8adb

#db826a

#c2db6a

Tetradic

#6a8adb

#bb6adb

#dbbb6a

#8adb6a

Square

#6a8adb

#db6ac2

#dbbb6a

#6adb82

Shades

Color #6a8adb mixed toward black.

#3e68d0

#2a50ae

#203c83

#152857

#0b142c

Tints

Color #6a8adb mixed toward white.

#839de1

#9cb1e7

#b4c4ed

#cdd8f3

#e6ebf9

Tones

Color #6a8adb mixed toward gray.

#738ed2

#7d92c8

#8696bf

#909ab5

#999eac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979cb · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#7775c7 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#6cbdba · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a8adb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a8adb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a8adb (#6a8adb) is rgb(106, 138, 219) in RGB.

No, #6a8adb 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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