#6c9af0

Color #6c9af0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6c9af0

RGB

rgb(108, 154, 240)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 81.5%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 55%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55%, 35.8%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(63.83, 8.98, -47.92)

LCH

lch(63.83, 48.75, 280.61)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1368, 262.06)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 42.4%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0c26c

Analogous

#6cdcf0

#6c9af0

#806cf0

Triadic

#6c9af0

#f06c9a

#9af06c

Split-complementary

#6c9af0

#f0806c

#dcf06c

Tetradic

#6c9af0

#c26cf0

#f0c26c

#9af06c

Square

#6c9af0

#f06cdc

#f0c26c

#6cf080

Shades

Color #6c9af0 mixed toward black.

#3776eb

#1557d2

#10419e

#0b2c69

#051635

Tints

Color #6c9af0 mixed toward white.

#84abf2

#9dbcf5

#b5ccf7

#ceddfa

#e6eefc

Tones

Color #6c9af0 mixed toward gray.

#779de5

#82a1da

#8da4cf

#98a7c4

#a3abb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283df · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#807cdb · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#6fd0cd · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 23.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c9af0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c9af0]

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

#6c9af0 (#6c9af0) is rgb(108, 154, 240) in RGB.

No, #6c9af0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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