#6da9c9

Color #6da9c9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6da9c9

RGB

rgb(109, 169, 201)

HSL

hsl(200.9, 46%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.9, 45.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(66.4, -10.87, -22.38)

LCH

lch(66.4, 24.88, 244.09)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0779, 232.72)

HWB

hwb(200.9, 42.7%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c98d6d

Analogous

#6dc9bb

#6da9c9

#6d7bc9

Triadic

#6da9c9

#c96da9

#a9c96d

Split-complementary

#6da9c9

#c96d7b

#c9bb6d

Tetradic

#6da9c9

#8d6dc9

#c98d6d

#a9c96d

Square

#6da9c9

#bb6dc9

#c98d6d

#7bc96d

Shades

Color #6da9c9 mixed toward black.

#4793bb

#387697

#2a5871

#1c3b4b

#0e1d26

Tints

Color #6da9c9 mixed toward white.

#85b7d2

#9ec6db

#b6d4e4

#cee2ed

#e7f1f6

Tones

Color #6da9c9 mixed toward gray.

#75a7c1

#7ca4ba

#84a2b2

#8ca0aa

#939da3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cc2 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#8883c0 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#71bcbb · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6da9c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6da9c9]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6da9c9 (#6da9c9) is rgb(109, 169, 201) in RGB.

No, #6da9c9 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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