#6d8be2

Color #6d8be2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.42 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6d8be2

RGB

rgb(109, 139, 226)

HSL

hsl(224.6, 66.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.6, 51.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(59.16, 13.64, -47.54)

LCH

lch(59.16, 49.46, 286.01)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.1346, 268.17)

HWB

hwb(224.6, 42.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2c46d

Analogous

#6dc6e2

#6d8be2

#896de2

Triadic

#6d8be2

#e26d8b

#8be26d

Split-complementary

#6d8be2

#e2896d

#c6e26d

Tetradic

#6d8be2

#c46de2

#e2c46d

#8be26d

Square

#6d8be2

#e26dc6

#e2c46d

#6de289

Shades

Color #6d8be2 mixed toward black.

#3e66d9

#254bba

#1c388c

#12265d

#09132f

Tints

Color #6d8be2 mixed toward white.

#859ee7

#9eb2ec

#b6c5f1

#ced8f5

#e7ecfa

Tones

Color #6d8be2 mixed toward gray.

#7790d8

#8195cf

#8a99c5

#949ebb

#9ea3b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bd1 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#7977cd · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#6fc3bf · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d8be2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d8be2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d8be2 (#6d8be2) is rgb(109, 139, 226) in RGB.

No, #6d8be2 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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