#6d9efa

Color #6d9efa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d9efa

RGB

rgb(109, 158, 250)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 93.4%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 56.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(65.44, 10, -50.84)

LCH

lch(65.44, 51.81, 281.13)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1454, 262.05)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 42.7%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fac96d

Analogous

#6de5fa

#6d9efa

#826dfa

Triadic

#6d9efa

#fa6d9e

#9efa6d

Split-complementary

#6d9efa

#fa826d

#e5fa6d

Tetradic

#6d9efa

#c96dfa

#fac96d

#9efa6d

Square

#6d9efa

#fa6de5

#fac96d

#6dfa82

Shades

Color #6d9efa mixed toward black.

#3378f8

#0856e7

#0640ae

#042b74

#02153a

Tints

Color #6d9efa mixed toward white.

#85aefb

#9ebefc

#b6cffd

#cedffd

#e7effe

Tones

Color #6d9efa mixed toward gray.

#79a2ee

#85a5e3

#90a9d7

#9caccb

#a8b0bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8585e8 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#827ee3 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#70d8d5 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d9efa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d9efa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6d9efa (#6d9efa) is rgb(109, 158, 250) in RGB.

No, #6d9efa 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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