#6ca7e1

Color #6ca7e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ca7e1

RGB

rgb(108, 167, 225)

HSL

hsl(209.7, 66.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.7, 52%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 25.8%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(66.72, -3.04, -35.14)

LCH

lch(66.72, 35.27, 265.06)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.1053, 249.09)

HWB

hwb(209.7, 42.4%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1a66c

Analogous

#6ce1e0

#6ca7e1

#6c6de1

Triadic

#6ca7e1

#e16ca7

#a7e16c

Split-complementary

#6ca7e1

#e16c6d

#e1e06c

Tetradic

#6ca7e1

#a66ce1

#e1a66c

#a7e16c

Square

#6ca7e1

#e06ce1

#e1a66c

#6de16c

Shades

Color #6ca7e1 mixed toward black.

#3e8cd8

#2670b8

#1c548a

#13385c

#091c2e

Tints

Color #6ca7e1 mixed toward white.

#85b6e6

#9dc4eb

#b6d3f0

#cee2f5

#e7f0fa

Tones

Color #6ca7e1 mixed toward gray.

#76a7d7

#80a7ce

#89a7c4

#93a7ba

#9da7b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ad5 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#8681d2 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#70cbc8 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ca7e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ca7e1]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#6ca7e1 (#6ca7e1) is rgb(108, 167, 225) in RGB.

No, #6ca7e1 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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