#6a96db

Color #6a96db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6a96db

RGB

rgb(106, 150, 219)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 61.1%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 51.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(61.64, 4.36, -39.75)

LCH

lch(61.64, 39.99, 276.26)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1138, 259.11)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 41.6%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbaf6a

Analogous

#6acfdb

#6a96db

#766adb

Triadic

#6a96db

#db6a96

#96db6a

Split-complementary

#6a96db

#db766a

#cfdb6a

Tetradic

#6a96db

#af6adb

#dbaf6a

#96db6a

Square

#6a96db

#db6acf

#dbaf6a

#6adb76

Shades

Color #6a96db mixed toward black.

#3e77d0

#2a5eae

#204683

#152f57

#0b172c

Tints

Color #6a96db mixed toward white.

#83a7e1

#9cb9e7

#b4caed

#cddcf3

#e6edf9

Tones

Color #6a96db mixed toward gray.

#7398d2

#7d9ac8

#869cbf

#909eb5

#99a0ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80cd · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#7d79ca · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#6dc1be · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a96db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a96db]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6a96db (#6a96db) is rgb(106, 150, 219) in RGB.

No, #6a96db 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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