#6c86ce

Color #6c86ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6c86ce

RGB

rgb(108, 134, 206)

HSL

hsl(224.1, 50%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.1, 47.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.6%, 35%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(56.78, 10.25, -40.1)

LCH

lch(56.78, 41.39, 284.34)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.113, 268.02)

HWB

hwb(224.1, 42.4%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceb46c

Analogous

#6cb7ce

#6c86ce

#836cce

Triadic

#6c86ce

#ce6c86

#86ce6c

Split-complementary

#6c86ce

#ce836c

#b7ce6c

Tetradic

#6c86ce

#b46cce

#ceb46c

#86ce6c

Square

#6c86ce

#ce6cb7

#ceb46c

#6cce83

Shades

Color #6c86ce mixed toward black.

#4566c1

#34509d

#273c76

#1a284f

#0d1427

Tints

Color #6c86ce mixed toward white.

#859ad6

#9daede

#b6c3e7

#ced7ef

#e7ebf7

Tones

Color #6c86ce mixed toward gray.

#748ac6

#7c8ebe

#8592b6

#8d95ad

#9599a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878c0 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#7775bc · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#6db3b1 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c86ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c86ce]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c86ce (#6c86ce) is rgb(108, 134, 206) in RGB.

No, #6c86ce 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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