#6fa4c9

Color #6fa4c9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#6fa4c9

RGB

rgb(111, 164, 201)

HSL

hsl(204.7, 45.5%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.7, 44.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(65.08, -7.65, -24.4)

LCH

lch(65.08, 25.57, 252.59)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.0782, 239.76)

HWB

hwb(204.7, 43.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9946f

Analogous

#6fc9c1

#6fa4c9

#6f77c9

Triadic

#6fa4c9

#c96fa4

#a4c96f

Split-complementary

#6fa4c9

#c96f77

#c9c16f

Tetradic

#6fa4c9

#946fc9

#c9946f

#a4c96f

Square

#6fa4c9

#c16fc9

#c9946f

#77c96f

Shades

Color #6fa4c9 mixed toward black.

#498cbb

#397097

#2b5472

#1c384c

#0e1c26

Tints

Color #6fa4c9 mixed toward white.

#87b3d2

#9fc2db

#b7d2e4

#cfe1ed

#e7f0f6

Tones

Color #6fa4c9 mixed toward gray.

#77a3c2

#7ea1ba

#86a0b3

#8d9fab

#959da4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ac1 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#8682bf · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#72bab9 · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fa4c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fa4c9]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#6fa4c9 (#6fa4c9) is rgb(111, 164, 201) in RGB.

No, #6fa4c9 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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