#6a96c2

Color #6a96c2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a96c2

RGB

rgb(106, 150, 194)

HSL

hsl(210, 41.9%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 45.4%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(60.58, -3.09, -27.42)

LCH

lch(60.58, 27.59, 263.57)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.0817, 249.12)

HWB

hwb(210, 41.6%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c2966a

Analogous

#6ac2c2

#6a96c2

#6a6ac2

Triadic

#6a96c2

#c26a96

#96c26a

Split-complementary

#6a96c2

#c26a6a

#c2c26a

Tetradic

#6a96c2

#966ac2

#c2966a

#96c26a

Square

#6a96c2

#c26ac2

#c2966a

#6ac26a

Shades

Color #6a96c2 mixed toward black.

#497db1

#3a648e

#2c4b6a

#1d3247

#0f1923

Tints

Color #6a96c2 mixed toward white.

#83a7cc

#9cb9d6

#b4cae0

#cddceb

#e6edf5

Tones

Color #6a96c2 mixed toward gray.

#7196bb

#7996b3

#8096ac

#8796a5

#8f969d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80b9 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#7d79b6 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#6db1af · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a96c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a96c2]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#6a96c2 (#6a96c2) is rgb(106, 150, 194) in RGB.

No, #6a96c2 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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