#6d96d6

Color #6d96d6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d96d6

RGB

rgb(109, 150, 214)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 56.1%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 49.1%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(61.58, 3.54, -37.05)

LCH

lch(61.58, 37.22, 275.46)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1059, 259.06)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 42.7%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6ad6d

Analogous

#6dcad6

#6d96d6

#786dd6

Triadic

#6d96d6

#d66d96

#96d66d

Split-complementary

#6d96d6

#d6786d

#cad66d

Tetradic

#6d96d6

#ad6dd6

#d6ad6d

#96d66d

Square

#6d96d6

#d66dca

#d6ad6d

#6dd678

Shades

Color #6d96d6 mixed toward black.

#4378ca

#2f5ea8

#23477e

#182f54

#0c182a

Tints

Color #6d96d6 mixed toward white.

#85a7dd

#9eb9e4

#b6caea

#cedcf1

#e7edf8

Tones

Color #6d96d6 mixed toward gray.

#7698cd

#7e9ac4

#879cbc

#909eb3

#999faa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181c9 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7bc6 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#70bebb · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d96d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d96d6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6d96d6 (#6d96d6) is rgb(109, 150, 214) in RGB.

No, #6d96d6 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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