#6e96dd

Color #6e96dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e96dd

RGB

rgb(110, 150, 221)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 62%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 50.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.2%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(61.95, 5.88, -40.37)

LCH

lch(61.95, 40.8, 278.29)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1148, 261.33)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 43.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddb56e

Analogous

#6ecddd

#6e96dd

#7e6edd

Triadic

#6e96dd

#dd6e96

#96dd6e

Split-complementary

#6e96dd

#dd7e6e

#cddd6e

Tetradic

#6e96dd

#b56edd

#ddb56e

#96dd6e

Square

#6e96dd

#dd6ecd

#ddb56e

#6edd7e

Shades

Color #6e96dd mixed toward black.

#4176d3

#2a5bb3

#1f4486

#152e59

#0a172d

Tints

Color #6e96dd mixed toward white.

#86a7e3

#9eb9e8

#b7caee

#cfdcf4

#e7edf9

Tones

Color #6e96dd mixed toward gray.

#7799d4

#809bca

#8a9ec1

#93a0b8

#9ca3af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182cf · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#7f7ccb · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#70c2c0 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e96dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e96dd]

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

#6e96dd (#6e96dd) is rgb(110, 150, 221) in RGB.

No, #6e96dd 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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