#6b95e6

Color #6b95e6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b95e6

RGB

rgb(107, 149, 230)

HSL

hsl(219.5, 71.1%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.5, 53.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(61.94, 8.56, -45.39)

LCH

lch(61.94, 46.19, 280.68)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.1293, 262.62)

HWB

hwb(219.5, 42%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6bc6b

Analogous

#6bd3e6

#6b95e6

#7f6be6

Triadic

#6b95e6

#e66b95

#95e66b

Split-complementary

#6b95e6

#e67f6b

#d3e66b

Tetradic

#6b95e6

#bc6be6

#e6bc6b

#95e66b

Square

#6b95e6

#e66bd3

#e6bc6b

#6be67f

Shades

Color #6b95e6 mixed toward black.

#3b73de

#2057c0

#184190

#102c60

#081630

Tints

Color #6b95e6 mixed toward white.

#84a7ea

#9cb8ee

#b5caf3

#cedcf7

#e6edfb

Tones

Color #6b95e6 mixed toward gray.

#7598dc

#809cd2

#8a9fc7

#94a2bd

#9ea5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80d6 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#7d7ad2 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#6ec8c5 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b95e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b95e6]

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

#6b95e6 (#6b95e6) is rgb(107, 149, 230) in RGB.

No, #6b95e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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