#6ea1ed

Color #6ea1ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6ea1ed

RGB

rgb(110, 161, 237)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 77.9%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 53.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(65.68, 4.43, -43.34)

LCH

lch(65.68, 43.57, 275.84)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1248, 258.16)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 43.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edba6e

Analogous

#6ee0ed

#6ea1ed

#7a6eed

Triadic

#6ea1ed

#ed6ea1

#a1ed6e

Split-complementary

#6ea1ed

#ed7a6e

#e0ed6e

Tetradic

#6ea1ed

#ba6eed

#edba6e

#a1ed6e

Square

#6ea1ed

#ed6ee0

#edba6e

#6eed7a

Shades

Color #6ea1ed mixed toward black.

#3a80e7

#1a62ce

#13499a

#0d3167

#061833

Tints

Color #6ea1ed mixed toward white.

#86b1f0

#9ec0f3

#b6d0f6

#cfe0f9

#e7effc

Tones

Color #6ea1ed mixed toward gray.

#78a3e2

#83a5d8

#8ea7cd

#98a9c3

#a3abb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788de · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8480da · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#71d1ce · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ea1ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ea1ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6ea1ed (#6ea1ed) is rgb(110, 161, 237) in RGB.

No, #6ea1ed 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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