#6fabdb

Color #6fabdb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.91 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6fabdb

RGB

rgb(111, 171, 219)

HSL

hsl(206.7, 60%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.7, 49.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(67.74, -6.35, -30.25)

LCH

lch(67.74, 30.91, 258.14)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.094, 243.73)

HWB

hwb(206.7, 43.5%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#db9f6f

Analogous

#6fdbd5

#6fabdb

#6f75db

Triadic

#6fabdb

#db6fab

#abdb6f

Split-complementary

#6fabdb

#db6f75

#dbd56f

Tetradic

#6fabdb

#9f6fdb

#db9f6f

#abdb6f

Square

#6fabdb

#d56fdb

#db9f6f

#75db6f

Shades

Color #6fabdb mixed toward black.

#4391d0

#2c75b0

#215884

#163b58

#0b1d2c

Tints

Color #6fabdb mixed toward white.

#87b9e1

#9fc7e7

#b7d5ed

#cfe3f3

#e7f1f9

Tones

Color #6fabdb mixed toward gray.

#78aad2

#81a9c9

#8aa8c0

#93a7b7

#9ca6ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ed1 · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#8985ce · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#73c8c6 · ΔE 19.6

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6fabdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fabdb]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#6fabdb (#6fabdb) is rgb(111, 171, 219) in RGB.

No, #6fabdb 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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