#6c8fc8

Color #6c8fc8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6c8fc8

RGB

rgb(108, 143, 200)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 45.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 46%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(46%, 28.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(58.98, 3.18, -33.28)

LCH

lch(58.98, 33.43, 275.46)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0946, 259.89)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 42.4%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8a56c

Analogous

#6cbdc8

#6c8fc8

#776cc8

Triadic

#6c8fc8

#c86c8f

#8fc86c

Split-complementary

#6c8fc8

#c8776c

#bdc86c

Tetradic

#6c8fc8

#a56cc8

#c8a56c

#8fc86c

Square

#6c8fc8

#c86cbd

#c8a56c

#6cc877

Shades

Color #6c8fc8 mixed toward black.

#4773ba

#385b95

#2a4570

#1c2e4b

#0e1725

Tints

Color #6c8fc8 mixed toward white.

#85a2d1

#9db4da

#b6c7e3

#cedaed

#e7ecf6

Tones

Color #6c8fc8 mixed toward gray.

#7491c0

#7b93b9

#8395b1

#8b96a9

#9298a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dbc · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#7b78b9 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#6eb2b0 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c8fc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c8fc8]

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

#6c8fc8 (#6c8fc8) is rgb(108, 143, 200) in RGB.

No, #6c8fc8 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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