#6b9cec

Color #6b9cec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b9cec

RGB

rgb(107, 156, 236)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 77.2%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 54.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(64.13, 6.36, -45.25)

LCH

lch(64.13, 45.69, 278)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1299, 259.8)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 42%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecbb6b

Analogous

#6bddec

#6b9cec

#7b6bec

Triadic

#6b9cec

#ec6b9c

#9cec6b

Split-complementary

#6b9cec

#ec7b6b

#ddec6b

Tetradic

#6b9cec

#bb6bec

#ecbb6b

#9cec6b

Square

#6b9cec

#ec6bdd

#ecbb6b

#6bec7b

Shades

Color #6b9cec mixed toward black.

#397ae5

#1a5dcb

#144698

#0d2f65

#071733

Tints

Color #6b9cec mixed toward white.

#84adef

#9cbdf2

#b5cef5

#cedef9

#e6effc

Tones

Color #6b9cec mixed toward gray.

#769fe1

#81a1d7

#8ba4cc

#96a6c1

#a1a9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384dc · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#807cd8 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#6ececb · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b9cec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b9cec]

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

#6b9cec (#6b9cec) is rgb(107, 156, 236) in RGB.

No, #6b9cec 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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