#6ca1f8

Color #6ca1f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca1f8

RGB

rgb(108, 161, 248)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 90.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 56.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.5%, 35.1%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(66.1, 7.44, -48.71)

LCH

lch(66.1, 49.27, 278.68)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.14, 259.88)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 42.4%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8c36c

Analogous

#6ce7f8

#6ca1f8

#7d6cf8

Triadic

#6ca1f8

#f86ca1

#a1f86c

Split-complementary

#6ca1f8

#f87d6c

#e7f86c

Tetradic

#6ca1f8

#c36cf8

#f8c36c

#a1f86c

Square

#6ca1f8

#f86ce7

#f8c36c

#6cf87d

Shades

Color #6ca1f8 mixed toward black.

#337df5

#0b5ce3

#0845aa

#052e71

#031739

Tints

Color #6ca1f8 mixed toward white.

#84b1f9

#9dc0fa

#b5d0fb

#cee0fd

#e6effe

Tones

Color #6ca1f8 mixed toward gray.

#78a4ec

#83a7e1

#8fa9d5

#9bacc9

#a6afbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687e7 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#837fe2 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#6fd8d5 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 23.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca1f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca1f8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6ca1f8 (#6ca1f8) is rgb(108, 161, 248) in RGB.

No, #6ca1f8 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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