#6fb5e8

Color #6fb5e8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#6fb5e8

RGB

rgb(111, 181, 232)

HSL

hsl(205.3, 72.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.3, 52.2%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.2%, 22%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(71.04, -8.01, -32.26)

LCH

lch(71.04, 33.24, 256.06)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.1024, 241.53)

HWB

hwb(205.3, 43.5%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8a26f

Analogous

#6fe8df

#6fb5e8

#6f79e8

Triadic

#6fb5e8

#e86fb5

#b5e86f

Split-complementary

#6fb5e8

#e86f79

#e8df6f

Tetradic

#6fb5e8

#a26fe8

#e8a26f

#b5e86f

Square

#6fb5e8

#df6fe8

#e8a26f

#79e86f

Shades

Color #6fb5e8 mixed toward black.

#3e9ce0

#1f7fc5

#186094

#104063

#082031

Tints

Color #6fb5e8 mixed toward white.

#87c1ec

#9fcef0

#b7daf4

#cfe6f7

#e7f3fb

Tones

Color #6fb5e8 mixed toward gray.

#79b4de

#83b2d4

#8db0ca

#97afc0

#a2adb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393dd · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#8f89da · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#74d4d2 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6fb5e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6fb5e8]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#6fb5e8 (#6fb5e8) is rgb(111, 181, 232) in RGB.

No, #6fb5e8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #6fb5e8, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast