#6e99de

Color #6e99de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6e99de

RGB

rgb(110, 153, 222)

HSL

hsl(217, 62.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 50.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(62.82, 4.45, -39.56)

LCH

lch(62.82, 39.81, 276.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1131, 259.55)

HWB

hwb(217, 43.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deb36e

Analogous

#6ed1de

#6e99de

#7b6ede

Triadic

#6e99de

#de6e99

#99de6e

Split-complementary

#6e99de

#de7b6e

#d1de6e

Tetradic

#6e99de

#b36ede

#deb36e

#99de6e

Square

#6e99de

#de6ed1

#deb36e

#6ede7b

Shades

Color #6e99de mixed toward black.

#4179d4

#295eb4

#1f4787

#152f5a

#0a182d

Tints

Color #6e99de mixed toward white.

#86aae3

#9ebbe9

#b7ccee

#cfddf4

#e7eef9

Tones

Color #6e99de mixed toward gray.

#779bd5

#819dcb

#8a9fc2

#93a2b9

#9da4af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383d0 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#807dcc · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#71c4c1 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e99de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e99de]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6e99de (#6e99de) is rgb(110, 153, 222) in RGB.

No, #6e99de 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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