Blue
#6EA5FF
#6EA5FF is a blue with high intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.6:1. On white it reaches only 2.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#6EA5FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #6EA5FF kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 E0ECFF
- 200 C4DBFF
- 300 9AC1FF
- 400 6EA5FF
- 500 5186DD
- 600 386BBF
- 700 2252A0
- 800 103B81
- 900 012762
- 950 00153E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e0ecff; --color-blue-200: #c4dbff; --color-blue-300: #9ac1ff; --color-blue-400: #6ea5ff; --color-blue-500: #5186dd; --color-blue-600: #386bbf; --color-blue-700: #2252a0; --color-blue-800: #103b81; --color-blue-900: #012762; --color-blue-950: #00153e;}Is #6EA5FF readable?
Contrast for text on #6EA5FF and for #6EA5FF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.5APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.6APCA Lc 55 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #4175CB · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.5APCA Lc 48 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.6APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #6EA5FF
Six palettes built around #6EA5FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#6EA5FF · #8A89DE · #00BCF8 · #F5DFFF · #242931
- Complementary#6EA5FF · #D2AC50 · #DAA92B · #D7E3FF · #2D3339
- Split complementary#6EA5FF · #D3896B · #D0AF00 · #DCECFF · #242A38
- Triadic#6EA5FF · #C95F55 · #6FC06A · #D1DFFF · #1D2026
- Tetradic#6EA5FF · #C989AD · #E1A600 · #B7F3DA · #1A2230
- Monochromatic#6EA5FF · #5786CB · #6DB1FF · #C8E0FF · #17222E
#6EA5FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #6EA5FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #E0ECFF
- Brand 200, #C4DBFF
- Brand 300, #9AC1FF
- Brand 400, #6EA5FF
- Brand 500, #5186DD
- Brand 600, #386BBF
- Brand 700, #2252A0
- Brand 800, #103B81
- Brand 900, #012762
- Brand 950, #00153E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F747B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3C4047
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #8DF2BE
- Success 300, #67DAA1
- Success 400, #39BE84
- Success 500, #00A96F
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F49A13
- Warning 400, #E28D00
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #E63544
- Danger 600, #CA1030
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F7FF
- Info 100, #DEEDFF
- Info 200, #BFDCFF
- Info 300, #90C4FF
- Info 400, #57A7FD
- Info 500, #3387DE
- Info 600, #146EC2
- Info 700, #00559E
- Info 800, #004078
- Info 900, #002B55
- Info 950, #001834
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 8.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 8.0:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #6EA5FF
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