#6a90ed

Color #6a90ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.57 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a90ed

RGB

rgb(106, 144, 237)

HSL

hsl(222.6, 78.4%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.6, 55.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 39.2%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(60.89, 13.48, -50.92)

LCH

lch(60.89, 52.67, 284.83)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1448, 265.84)

HWB

hwb(222.6, 41.6%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc76a

Analogous

#6ad2ed

#6a90ed

#866aed

Triadic

#6a90ed

#ed6a90

#90ed6a

Split-complementary

#6a90ed

#ed866a

#d2ed6a

Tetradic

#6a90ed

#c76aed

#edc76a

#90ed6a

Square

#6a90ed

#ed6ad2

#edc76a

#6aed86

Shades

Color #6a90ed mixed toward black.

#376ae7

#194dcc

#133a99

#0c2666

#061333

Tints

Color #6a90ed mixed toward white.

#83a3f0

#9cb5f3

#b5c8f6

#cddaf9

#e6edfc

Tones

Color #6a90ed mixed toward gray.

#7595e2

#8099d7

#8b9ecc

#96a2c1

#a1a7b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ddb · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#7a77d7 · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#6cccc8 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a90ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a90ed]

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

#6a90ed (#6a90ed) is rgb(106, 144, 237) in RGB.

No, #6a90ed 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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