#6d99da

Color #6d99da

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d99da

RGB

rgb(109, 153, 218)

HSL

hsl(215.8, 59.6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.8, 50%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 29.8%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(62.59, 3.01, -37.71)

LCH

lch(62.59, 37.83, 274.56)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1083, 258.01)

HWB

hwb(215.8, 42.7%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daae6d

Analogous

#6dcfda

#6d99da

#776dda

Triadic

#6d99da

#da6d99

#99da6d

Split-complementary

#6d99da

#da776d

#cfda6d

Tetradic

#6d99da

#ae6dda

#daae6d

#99da6d

Square

#6d99da

#da6dcf

#daae6d

#6dda77

Shades

Color #6d99da mixed toward black.

#417bcf

#2c60ae

#214882

#163057

#0b182b

Tints

Color #6d99da mixed toward white.

#85aae0

#9ebbe6

#b6cced

#ceddf3

#e7eef9

Tones

Color #6d99da mixed toward gray.

#769bd1

#7f9cc8

#889ebf

#91a0b6

#9aa2ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283cd · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#807cc9 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#70c1bf · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d99da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d99da]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d99da (#6d99da) is rgb(109, 153, 218) in RGB.

No, #6d99da 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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