#6ca3f8

Color #6ca3f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.79 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca3f8

RGB

rgb(108, 163, 248)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 90.9%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 56.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(66.64, 6.29, -47.86)

LCH

lch(66.64, 48.27, 277.49)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1379, 258.84)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 42.4%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8c16c

Analogous

#6ce9f8

#6ca3f8

#7b6cf8

Triadic

#6ca3f8

#f86ca3

#a3f86c

Split-complementary

#6ca3f8

#f87b6c

#e9f86c

Tetradic

#6ca3f8

#c16cf8

#f8c16c

#a3f86c

Square

#6ca3f8

#f86ce9

#f8c16c

#6cf87b

Shades

Color #6ca3f8 mixed toward black.

#3380f5

#0b60e3

#0848aa

#053071

#031839

Tints

Color #6ca3f8 mixed toward white.

#84b2f9

#9dc2fa

#b5d1fb

#cee0fd

#e6f0fe

Tones

Color #6ca3f8 mixed toward gray.

#78a6ec

#83a8e1

#8fabd5

#9badc9

#a6b0be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788e7 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#8480e3 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#70d9d5 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca3f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca3f8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6ca3f8 (#6ca3f8) is rgb(108, 163, 248) in RGB.

No, #6ca3f8 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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