#6c98ec

Color #6c98ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.72 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6c98ec

RGB

rgb(108, 152, 236)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 77.1%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 54.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(63.09, 8.89, -46.88)

LCH

lch(63.09, 47.72, 280.74)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1337, 262.43)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 42.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecc06c

Analogous

#6cd8ec

#6c98ec

#806cec

Triadic

#6c98ec

#ec6c98

#98ec6c

Split-complementary

#6c98ec

#ec806c

#d8ec6c

Tetradic

#6c98ec

#c06cec

#ecc06c

#98ec6c

Square

#6c98ec

#ec6cd8

#ecc06c

#6cec80

Shades

Color #6c98ec mixed toward black.

#3974e5

#1a57cb

#144198

#0d2c66

#071633

Tints

Color #6c98ec mixed toward white.

#85a9ef

#9dbaf2

#b6ccf6

#ceddf9

#e7eefc

Tones

Color #6c98ec mixed toward gray.

#779be1

#829fd7

#8ca2cc

#97a5c1

#a1a9b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182db · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#7f7bd7 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#6fcdca · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c98ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c98ec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c98ec (#6c98ec) is rgb(108, 152, 236) in RGB.

No, #6c98ec 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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