#6bacc8

Color #6bacc8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.2 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6bacc8

RGB

rgb(107, 172, 200)

HSL

hsl(198.1, 45.8%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.1, 46.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.5%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(67.13, -13.25, -20.73)

LCH

lch(67.13, 24.6, 237.41)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0779, 227.34)

HWB

hwb(198.1, 42%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8876b

Analogous

#6bc8b6

#6bacc8

#6b7dc8

Triadic

#6bacc8

#c86bac

#acc86b

Split-complementary

#6bacc8

#c86b7d

#c8b66b

Tetradic

#6bacc8

#876bc8

#c8876b

#acc86b

Square

#6bacc8

#b66bc8

#c8876b

#7dc86b

Shades

Color #6bacc8 mixed toward black.

#4697ba

#377995

#2a5b70

#1c3c4b

#0e1e25

Tints

Color #6bacc8 mixed toward white.

#84bad1

#9cc8da

#b5d5e3

#cee3ed

#e6f1f6

Tones

Color #6bacc8 mixed toward gray.

#73a9c0

#7ba6b8

#82a3b1

#8aa0a9

#929da1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8dc2 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#8883c0 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#6fbdbb · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bacc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bacc8]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6bacc8 (#6bacc8) is rgb(107, 172, 200) in RGB.

No, #6bacc8 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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