#6a9ff9

Color #6a9ff9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6a9ff9

RGB

rgb(106, 159, 249)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 92.3%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 57.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(65.51, 8.52, -50.19)

LCH

lch(65.51, 50.91, 279.63)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1442, 260.42)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 41.6%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c46a

Analogous

#6ae6f9

#6a9ff9

#7d6af9

Triadic

#6a9ff9

#f96a9f

#9ff96a

Split-complementary

#6a9ff9

#f97d6a

#e6f96a

Tetradic

#6a9ff9

#c46af9

#f9c46a

#9ff96a

Square

#6a9ff9

#f96ae6

#f9c46a

#6af97d

Shades

Color #6a9ff9 mixed toward black.

#317af7

#095ae4

#0743ab

#052d72

#021639

Tints

Color #6a9ff9 mixed toward white.

#83affa

#9cbffb

#b4cffc

#cddffd

#e6effe

Tones

Color #6a9ff9 mixed toward gray.

#76a2ed

#82a5e1

#8ea8d5

#9aabc9

#a6aebd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485e7 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#817de3 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#6dd8d5 · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a9ff9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a9ff9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6a9ff9 (#6a9ff9) is rgb(106, 159, 249) in RGB.

No, #6a9ff9 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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