#6a8fd9

Color #6a8fd9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a8fd9

RGB

rgb(106, 143, 217)

HSL

hsl(220, 59.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 51.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 34.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(59.63, 7.82, -41.79)

LCH

lch(59.63, 42.52, 280.6)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1186, 263.27)

HWB

hwb(220, 41.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9b46a

Analogous

#6ac6d9

#6a8fd9

#7c6ad9

Triadic

#6a8fd9

#d96a8f

#8fd96a

Split-complementary

#6a8fd9

#d97c6a

#c6d96a

Tetradic

#6a8fd9

#b46ad9

#d9b46a

#8fd96a

Square

#6a8fd9

#d96ac6

#d9b46a

#6ad97c

Shades

Color #6a8fd9 mixed toward black.

#3f6fce

#2c56ac

#214181

#162b56

#0b162b

Tints

Color #6a8fd9 mixed toward white.

#83a2df

#9cb4e6

#b4c7ec

#cddaf2

#e6ecf9

Tones

Color #6a8fd9 mixed toward gray.

#7392d0

#7c95c6

#8698bd

#8f9bb4

#989eab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7cca · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#7a77c7 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#6cbebb · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a8fd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a8fd9]

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

#6a8fd9 (#6a8fd9) is rgb(106, 143, 217) in RGB.

No, #6a8fd9 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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