#6aa1de

Color #6aa1de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6aa1de

RGB

rgb(106, 161, 222)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 63.7%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 52.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(64.82, -1.02, -36.44)

LCH

lch(64.82, 36.45, 268.4)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.1075, 251.95)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 41.6%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dea76a

Analogous

#6adbde

#6aa1de

#6d6ade

Triadic

#6aa1de

#de6aa1

#a1de6a

Split-complementary

#6aa1de

#de6d6a

#dbde6a

Tetradic

#6aa1de

#a76ade

#dea76a

#a1de6a

Square

#6aa1de

#de6adb

#dea76a

#6ade6d

Shades

Color #6aa1de mixed toward black.

#3d85d4

#286ab3

#1e4f86

#143559

#0a1a2d

Tints

Color #6aa1de mixed toward white.

#83b1e3

#9cc0e9

#b4d0ee

#cde0f4

#e6eff9

Tones

Color #6aa1de mixed toward gray.

#74a1d4

#7da2cb

#87a2c1

#91a3b7

#9aa3ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586d1 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#827ece · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#6ec7c4 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6aa1de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6aa1de]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6aa1de (#6aa1de) is rgb(106, 161, 222) in RGB.

No, #6aa1de 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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