#6e99ef

Color #6e99ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.34 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e99ef

RGB

rgb(110, 153, 239)

HSL

hsl(220, 80.1%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 54%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(63.61, 9.67, -47.7)

LCH

lch(63.61, 48.67, 281.46)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.1359, 263.15)

HWB

hwb(220, 43.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efc46e

Analogous

#6ed9ef

#6e99ef

#836eef

Triadic

#6e99ef

#ef6e99

#99ef6e

Split-complementary

#6e99ef

#ef836e

#d9ef6e

Tetradic

#6e99ef

#c46eef

#efc46e

#99ef6e

Square

#6e99ef

#ef6ed9

#efc46e

#6eef83

Shades

Color #6e99ef mixed toward black.

#3a74e9

#1755d1

#11409d

#0c2b69

#061534

Tints

Color #6e99ef mixed toward white.

#86aaf2

#9ebbf4

#b6ccf7

#cfddfa

#e7eefc

Tones

Color #6e99ef mixed toward gray.

#799ce4

#83a0d9

#8ea4cf

#99a7c4

#a4abb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383de · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#807dda · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#71cfcc · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e99ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e99ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6e99ef (#6e99ef) is rgb(110, 153, 239) in RGB.

No, #6e99ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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