#6abbcb

Color #6abbcb

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.05 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6abbcb

RGB

rgb(106, 187, 203)

HSL

hsl(189.9, 48.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.9, 47.8%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(71.5, -20.51, -15.76)

LCH

lch(71.5, 25.87, 217.54)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0825, 211.82)

HWB

hwb(189.9, 41.6%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb7a6a

Analogous

#6acbab

#6abbcb

#6a8bcb

Triadic

#6abbcb

#cb6abb

#bbcb6a

Split-complementary

#6abbcb

#cb6a8b

#cbab6a

Tetradic

#6abbcb

#7a6acb

#cb7a6a

#bbcb6a

Square

#6abbcb

#ab6acb

#cb7a6a

#8bcb6a

Shades

Color #6abbcb mixed toward black.

#44aabe

#358899

#286673

#1b444c

#0d2226

Tints

Color #6abbcb mixed toward white.

#83c6d4

#9cd2dc

#b5dde5

#cde8ee

#e6f4f6

Tones

Color #6abbcb mixed toward gray.

#72b6c3

#7ab0bb

#82abb3

#8aa5ab

#92a0a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495c7 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#8f89c6 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#70c4c4 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6abbcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6abbcb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6abbcb (#6abbcb) is rgb(106, 187, 203) in RGB.

No, #6abbcb 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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