#6ea9e5

Color #6ea9e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.64 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ea9e5

RGB

rgb(110, 169, 229)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 69.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 52%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(67.54, -2.52, -36.06)

LCH

lch(67.54, 36.15, 266)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1075, 249.93)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 43.1%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5aa6e

Analogous

#6ee4e5

#6ea9e5

#6f6ee5

Triadic

#6ea9e5

#e56ea9

#a9e56e

Split-complementary

#6ea9e5

#e56f6e

#e4e56e

Tetradic

#6ea9e5

#aa6ee5

#e5aa6e

#a9e56e

Square

#6ea9e5

#e56ee4

#e5aa6e

#6ee56f

Shades

Color #6ea9e5 mixed toward black.

#3e8ddc

#2270c0

#1a5490

#113860

#091c30

Tints

Color #6ea9e5 mixed toward white.

#86b7e9

#9ec6ee

#b7d4f2

#cfe2f6

#e7f1fb

Tones

Color #6ea9e5 mixed toward gray.

#78a9db

#82a9d1

#8ca9c7

#96a9bd

#a0a9b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cd8 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#8883d5 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#72cecb · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ea9e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ea9e5]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#6ea9e5 (#6ea9e5) is rgb(110, 169, 229) in RGB.

No, #6ea9e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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