#6fa6fa

Color #6fa6fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6fa6fa

RGB

rgb(111, 166, 250)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 93.3%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 55.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(67.69, 5.8, -47.29)

LCH

lch(67.69, 47.64, 276.99)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.1363, 258.62)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 43.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fac36f

Analogous

#6febfa

#6fa6fa

#7e6ffa

Triadic

#6fa6fa

#fa6fa6

#a6fa6f

Split-complementary

#6fa6fa

#fa7e6f

#ebfa6f

Tetradic

#6fa6fa

#c36ffa

#fac36f

#a6fa6f

Square

#6fa6fa

#fa6feb

#fac36f

#6ffa7e

Shades

Color #6fa6fa mixed toward black.

#3582f8

#0861e9

#0649ae

#043074

#02183a

Tints

Color #6fa6fa mixed toward white.

#87b5fb

#9fc4fc

#b7d2fd

#cfe1fd

#e7f0fe

Tones

Color #6fa6fa mixed toward gray.

#7ba8ee

#86abe3

#92add7

#9db0cc

#a9b2c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8be9 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#8783e5 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#73dbd7 · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 23

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6fa6fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fa6fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#6fa6fa (#6fa6fa) is rgb(111, 166, 250) in RGB.

No, #6fa6fa 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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