#6e8ec9

Color #6e8ec9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.9 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6e8ec9

RGB

rgb(110, 142, 201)

HSL

hsl(218.9, 45.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.9, 45.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(58.86, 4.56, -34.01)

LCH

lch(58.86, 34.31, 277.64)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0961, 262.17)

HWB

hwb(218.9, 43.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9a96e

Analogous

#6ebcc9

#6e8ec9

#7c6ec9

Triadic

#6e8ec9

#c96e8e

#8ec96e

Split-complementary

#6e8ec9

#c97c6e

#bcc96e

Tetradic

#6e8ec9

#a96ec9

#c9a96e

#8ec96e

Square

#6e8ec9

#c96ebc

#c9a96e

#6ec97c

Shades

Color #6e8ec9 mixed toward black.

#4871bb

#385a97

#2a4371

#1c2d4c

#0e1626

Tints

Color #6e8ec9 mixed toward white.

#86a1d2

#9eb4db

#b7c7e4

#cfd9ed

#e7ecf6

Tones

Color #6e8ec9 mixed toward gray.

#7690c1

#7d93ba

#8595b2

#8c97ab

#9499a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dbd · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#7b79ba · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#70b3b0 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e8ec9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e8ec9]

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

#6e8ec9 (#6e8ec9) is rgb(110, 142, 201) in RGB.

No, #6e8ec9 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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