#6c9ee0

Color #6c9ee0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#6c9ee0

RGB

rgb(108, 158, 224)

HSL

hsl(214.1, 65.2%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.1, 51.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 29.5%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(64.18, 1.74, -38.55)

LCH

lch(64.18, 38.59, 272.58)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1117, 255.75)

HWB

hwb(214.1, 42.4%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0ae6c

Analogous

#6cd8e0

#6c9ee0

#746ce0

Triadic

#6c9ee0

#e06c9e

#9ee06c

Split-complementary

#6c9ee0

#e0746c

#d8e06c

Tetradic

#6c9ee0

#ae6ce0

#e0ae6c

#9ee06c

Square

#6c9ee0

#e06cd8

#e0ae6c

#6ce074

Shades

Color #6c9ee0 mixed toward black.

#3e80d6

#2765b7

#1d4c89

#13325b

#0a192e

Tints

Color #6c9ee0 mixed toward white.

#84aee5

#9dbeea

#b5cff0

#cedff5

#e6effa

Tones

Color #6c9ee0 mixed toward gray.

#769fd6

#7fa1cd

#89a2c3

#93a3b9

#9ca5b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585d2 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#827ecf · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#6fc7c4 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c9ee0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c9ee0]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6c9ee0 (#6c9ee0) is rgb(108, 158, 224) in RGB.

No, #6c9ee0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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