#6ca4ed

Color #6ca4ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca4ed

RGB

rgb(108, 164, 237)

HSL

hsl(214, 78.2%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 54.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(66.41, 2.3, -42.22)

LCH

lch(66.41, 42.28, 273.12)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.1228, 255.52)

HWB

hwb(214, 42.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edb56c

Analogous

#6ce4ed

#6ca4ed

#746ced

Triadic

#6ca4ed

#ed6ca4

#a4ed6c

Split-complementary

#6ca4ed

#ed746c

#e4ed6c

Tetradic

#6ca4ed

#b56ced

#edb56c

#a4ed6c

Square

#6ca4ed

#ed6ce4

#edb56c

#6ced74

Shades

Color #6ca4ed mixed toward black.

#3984e7

#1967cd

#134d9a

#0d3366

#061a33

Tints

Color #6ca4ed mixed toward white.

#84b3f0

#9dc2f3

#b5d1f6

#cee1f9

#e6f0fc

Tones

Color #6ca4ed mixed toward gray.

#77a5e2

#81a7d7

#8ca8cd

#97aac2

#a2abb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888de · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#8580da · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#70d1cf · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca4ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca4ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6ca4ed (#6ca4ed) is rgb(108, 164, 237) in RGB.

No, #6ca4ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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