#6f99dc

Color #6f99dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6f99dc

RGB

rgb(111, 153, 220)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 60.9%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 49.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(62.78, 4.08, -38.5)

LCH

lch(62.78, 38.72, 276.05)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.11, 259.47)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 43.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcb26f

Analogous

#6fcfdc

#6f99dc

#7c6fdc

Triadic

#6f99dc

#dc6f99

#99dc6f

Split-complementary

#6f99dc

#dc7c6f

#cfdc6f

Tetradic

#6f99dc

#b26fdc

#dcb26f

#99dc6f

Square

#6f99dc

#dc6fcf

#dcb26f

#6fdc7c

Shades

Color #6f99dc mixed toward black.

#437ad1

#2b5fb2

#204785

#162f59

#0b182c

Tints

Color #6f99dc mixed toward white.

#87aae2

#9fbbe8

#b7ccee

#cfddf3

#e7eef9

Tones

Color #6f99dc mixed toward gray.

#789bd3

#819dca

#8a9fc1

#93a1b8

#9ca3af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384ce · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#817dcb · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#72c3c0 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f99dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f99dc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#6f99dc (#6f99dc) is rgb(111, 153, 220) in RGB.

No, #6f99dc 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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