#6f97e5

Color #6f97e5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6f97e5

RGB

rgb(111, 151, 229)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 69.4%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 51.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(62.65, 7.96, -43.7)

LCH

lch(62.65, 44.42, 280.32)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1242, 262.87)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 43.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5bd6f

Analogous

#6fd2e5

#6f97e5

#826fe5

Triadic

#6f97e5

#e56f97

#97e56f

Split-complementary

#6f97e5

#e5826f

#d2e56f

Tetradic

#6f97e5

#bd6fe5

#e5bd6f

#97e56f

Square

#6f97e5

#e56fd2

#e5bd6f

#6fe582

Shades

Color #6f97e5 mixed toward black.

#3f74dc

#2358c0

#1a4290

#112c60

#091630

Tints

Color #6f97e5 mixed toward white.

#87a8e9

#9fbaee

#b7cbf2

#cfdcf6

#e7eefb

Tones

Color #6f97e5 mixed toward gray.

#799adb

#839dd1

#8da1c8

#96a4be

#a0a7b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283d5 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#807dd2 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#71c8c5 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f97e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f97e5]

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

#6f97e5 (#6f97e5) is rgb(111, 151, 229) in RGB.

No, #6f97e5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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