#6e9cf6

Color #6e9cf6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6e9cf6

RGB

rgb(110, 156, 246)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 88.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 55.3%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 36.6%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(64.76, 10.11, -49.73)

LCH

lch(64.76, 50.75, 281.49)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.1419, 262.75)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 43.1%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6c86e

Analogous

#6ee0f6

#6e9cf6

#846ef6

Triadic

#6e9cf6

#f66e9c

#9cf66e

Split-complementary

#6e9cf6

#f6846e

#e0f66e

Tetradic

#6e9cf6

#c86ef6

#f6c86e

#9cf66e

Square

#6e9cf6

#f66ee0

#f6c86e

#6ef684

Shades

Color #6e9cf6 mixed toward black.

#3676f3

#0e55df

#0a40a8

#072a70

#031538

Tints

Color #6e9cf6 mixed toward white.

#86adf7

#9ebdf9

#b6cefa

#cfdefc

#e7effd

Tones

Color #6e9cf6 mixed toward gray.

#79a0eb

#85a3df

#90a7d4

#9babc9

#a7aebd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485e4 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#827ee0 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#71d5d2 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e9cf6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e9cf6]

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

#6e9cf6 (#6e9cf6) is rgb(110, 156, 246) in RGB.

No, #6e9cf6 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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