#6f9fee

Color #6f9fee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6f9fee

RGB

rgb(111, 159, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 78.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 53.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(65.24, 6.1, -44.59)

LCH

lch(65.24, 45.01, 277.79)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1277, 259.99)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 43.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eebe6f

Analogous

#6fdfee

#6f9fee

#7e6fee

Triadic

#6f9fee

#ee6f9f

#9fee6f

Split-complementary

#6f9fee

#ee7e6f

#dfee6f

Tetradic

#6f9fee

#be6fee

#eebe6f

#9fee6f

Square

#6f9fee

#ee6fdf

#eebe6f

#6fee7e

Shades

Color #6f9fee mixed toward black.

#3b7ce8

#195ed0

#12469c

#0c2f68

#061734

Tints

Color #6f9fee mixed toward white.

#87aff1

#9fbff4

#b7cff6

#cfdff9

#e7effc

Tones

Color #6f9fee mixed toward gray.

#79a2e3

#84a4d9

#8fa7ce

#99a9c4

#a4acb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687de · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#8480da · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#72d1cd · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6f9fee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6f9fee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#6f9fee (#6f9fee) is rgb(111, 159, 238) in RGB.

No, #6f9fee 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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