#6a91e5

Color #6a91e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.03 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a91e5

RGB

rgb(106, 145, 229)

HSL

hsl(221, 70.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221, 53.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(60.76, 10.37, -46.7)

LCH

lch(60.76, 47.84, 282.52)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.1328, 264.25)

HWB

hwb(221, 41.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5be6a

Analogous

#6acee5

#6a91e5

#816ae5

Triadic

#6a91e5

#e56a91

#91e56a

Split-complementary

#6a91e5

#e5816a

#cee56a

Tetradic

#6a91e5

#be6ae5

#e5be6a

#91e56a

Square

#6a91e5

#e56ace

#e5be6a

#6ae581

Shades

Color #6a91e5 mixed toward black.

#3a6edd

#2153be

#193e8f

#11295f

#081530

Tints

Color #6a91e5 mixed toward white.

#83a3e9

#9cb6ee

#b5c8f2

#cddaf6

#e6edfb

Tones

Color #6a91e5 mixed toward gray.

#7495db

#7f99d1

#899cc6

#93a0bc

#9da4b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dd5 · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#7a77d0 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#6cc6c3 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 23.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a91e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a91e5]

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

#6a91e5 (#6a91e5) is rgb(106, 145, 229) in RGB.

No, #6a91e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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