#6a97ee

Color #6a97ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 1.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6a97ee

RGB

rgb(106, 151, 238)

HSL

hsl(219.5, 79.5%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.5, 55.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.5%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(62.82, 9.69, -48.42)

LCH

lch(62.82, 49.38, 281.32)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.1383, 262.56)

HWB

hwb(219.5, 41.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec16a

Analogous

#6ad9ee

#6a97ee

#7f6aee

Triadic

#6a97ee

#ee6a97

#97ee6a

Split-complementary

#6a97ee

#ee7f6a

#d9ee6a

Tetradic

#6a97ee

#c16aee

#eec16a

#97ee6a

Square

#6a97ee

#ee6ad9

#eec16a

#6aee7f

Shades

Color #6a97ee mixed toward black.

#3773e8

#1856ce

#12409a

#0c2b67

#061533

Tints

Color #6a97ee mixed toward white.

#83a9f1

#9cbaf4

#b5cbf7

#cddcf9

#e6eefc

Tones

Color #6a97ee mixed toward gray.

#759be3

#809ed8

#8ba2cd

#96a5c2

#a1a9b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080dd · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#7d7ad9 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#6dcecb · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a97ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a97ee]

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

#6a97ee (#6a97ee) is rgb(106, 151, 238) in RGB.

No, #6a97ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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