#6fa4f9

Color #6fa4f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6fa4f9

RGB

rgb(111, 164, 249)

HSL

hsl(217, 92%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 55.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(67.1, 6.63, -47.67)

LCH

lch(67.1, 48.13, 277.92)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.137, 259.49)

HWB

hwb(217, 43.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c46f

Analogous

#6fe9f9

#6fa4f9

#7f6ff9

Triadic

#6fa4f9

#f96fa4

#a4f96f

Split-complementary

#6fa4f9

#f97f6f

#e9f96f

Tetradic

#6fa4f9

#c46ff9

#f9c46f

#a4f96f

Square

#6fa4f9

#f96fe9

#f9c46f

#6ff97f

Shades

Color #6fa4f9 mixed toward black.

#357ff7

#0a5ee6

#0747ad

#052f73

#02183a

Tints

Color #6fa4f9 mixed toward white.

#87b3fa

#9fc2fb

#b7d1fc

#cfe1fd

#e7f0fe

Tones

Color #6fa4f9 mixed toward gray.

#7ba7ee

#86a9e2

#92acd7

#9dafcb

#a9b1c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ae8 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8682e4 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#72dad6 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fa4f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fa4f9]

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

#6fa4f9 (#6fa4f9) is rgb(111, 164, 249) in RGB.

No, #6fa4f9 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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