#6ba4e6

Color #6ba4e6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba4e6

RGB

rgb(107, 164, 230)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 71.1%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 53.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(66.05, -0.06, -38.94)

LCH

lch(66.05, 38.94, 269.91)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.1144, 252.97)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 42%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6ad6b

Analogous

#6be2e6

#6ba4e6

#706be6

Triadic

#6ba4e6

#e66ba4

#a4e66b

Split-complementary

#6ba4e6

#e6706b

#e2e66b

Tetradic

#6ba4e6

#ad6be6

#e6ad6b

#a4e66b

Square

#6ba4e6

#e66be2

#e6ad6b

#6be670

Shades

Color #6ba4e6 mixed toward black.

#3b86de

#206bc0

#185090

#103560

#081b30

Tints

Color #6ba4e6 mixed toward white.

#84b3ea

#9cc2ee

#b5d2f3

#cee1f7

#e6f0fb

Tones

Color #6ba4e6 mixed toward gray.

#75a5dc

#80a6d2

#8aa6c7

#94a7bd

#9ea8b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788d8 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#8480d5 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#6fcdca · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba4e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba4e6]

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Frequently asked questions

#6ba4e6 (#6ba4e6) is rgb(107, 164, 230) in RGB.

No, #6ba4e6 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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