#6ab8ca

Color #6ab8ca

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#6ab8ca

RGB

rgb(106, 184, 202)

HSL

hsl(191.3, 47.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.3, 47.5%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.6, -19.24, -16.57)

LCH

lch(70.6, 25.39, 220.74)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0811, 214.3)

HWB

hwb(191.3, 41.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca7c6a

Analogous

#6acaac

#6ab8ca

#6a88ca

Triadic

#6ab8ca

#ca6ab8

#b8ca6a

Split-complementary

#6ab8ca

#ca6a88

#caac6a

Tetradic

#6ab8ca

#7c6aca

#ca7c6a

#b8ca6a

Square

#6ab8ca

#ac6aca

#ca7c6a

#88ca6a

Shades

Color #6ab8ca mixed toward black.

#44a6bd

#368597

#286472

#1b434c

#0d2126

Tints

Color #6ab8ca mixed toward white.

#83c4d3

#9cd0dc

#b5dbe4

#cde7ed

#e6f3f6

Tones

Color #6ab8ca mixed toward gray.

#72b3c2

#7aaeba

#82a9b2

#8aa4aa

#929fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293c6 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#8e88c5 · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#70c2c2 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ab8ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ab8ca]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6ab8ca (#6ab8ca) is rgb(106, 184, 202) in RGB.

No, #6ab8ca 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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