#6c9beb

Color #6c9beb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6c9beb

RGB

rgb(108, 155, 235)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 76%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 54%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(63.86, 6.84, -45.12)

LCH

lch(63.86, 45.64, 278.62)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.1292, 260.55)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 42.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbc6c

Analogous

#6cdbeb

#6c9beb

#7d6ceb

Triadic

#6c9beb

#eb6c9b

#9beb6c

Split-complementary

#6c9beb

#eb7d6c

#dbeb6c

Tetradic

#6c9beb

#bc6ceb

#ebbc6c

#9beb6c

Square

#6c9beb

#eb6cdb

#ebbc6c

#6ceb7d

Shades

Color #6c9beb mixed toward black.

#3a79e4

#1b5cc9

#154597

#0e2e65

#071732

Tints

Color #6c9beb mixed toward white.

#85acee

#9dbcf2

#b6cdf5

#cedef8

#e7eefc

Tones

Color #6c9beb mixed toward gray.

#779ee0

#81a1d6

#8ca3cb

#96a6c1

#a1a9b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383db · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#807cd7 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#6fcdca · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c9beb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c9beb]

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

#6c9beb (#6c9beb) is rgb(108, 155, 235) in RGB.

No, #6c9beb 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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