#6ba4f9

Color #6ba4f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba4f9

RGB

rgb(107, 164, 249)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 92.2%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 57%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(57%, 34.1%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(66.91, 5.83, -47.98)

LCH

lch(66.91, 48.33, 276.93)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.1386, 258.18)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 42%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c06b

Analogous

#6bebf9

#6ba4f9

#796bf9

Triadic

#6ba4f9

#f96ba4

#a4f96b

Split-complementary

#6ba4f9

#f9796b

#ebf96b

Tetradic

#6ba4f9

#c06bf9

#f9c06b

#a4f96b

Square

#6ba4f9

#f96beb

#f9c06b

#6bf979

Shades

Color #6ba4f9 mixed toward black.

#3281f7

#0961e4

#0749ab

#053172

#021839

Tints

Color #6ba4f9 mixed toward white.

#84b3fa

#9cc2fb

#b5d2fc

#cee1fd

#e6f0fe

Tones

Color #6ba4f9 mixed toward gray.

#77a6ed

#83a9e1

#8eabd5

#9aadca

#a6b0be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788e8 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#8480e4 · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#6fdad6 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba4f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba4f9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6ba4f9 (#6ba4f9) is rgb(107, 164, 249) in RGB.

No, #6ba4f9 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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