#6bb5d7

Color #6bb5d7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6bb5d7

RGB

rgb(107, 181, 215)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 57.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 50.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(70.23, -13.82, -24.24)

LCH

lch(70.23, 27.9, 240.31)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0887, 229.34)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 42%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d78d6b

Analogous

#6bd7c3

#6bb5d7

#6b7fd7

Triadic

#6bb5d7

#d76bb5

#b5d76b

Split-complementary

#6bb5d7

#d76b7f

#d7c36b

Tetradic

#6bb5d7

#8d6bd7

#d78d6b

#b5d76b

Square

#6bb5d7

#c36bd7

#d78d6b

#7fd76b

Shades

Color #6bb5d7 mixed toward black.

#41a0cb

#2e82a9

#22627f

#174154

#0b212a

Tints

Color #6bb5d7 mixed toward white.

#84c1de

#9ccee4

#b5daeb

#cee6f2

#e6f3f8

Tones

Color #6bb5d7 mixed toward gray.

#74b2ce

#7daec5

#86abbc

#8fa8b3

#98a4aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192cf · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#8d87ce · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#70c9c8 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bb5d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bb5d7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6bb5d7 (#6bb5d7) is rgb(107, 181, 215) in RGB.

No, #6bb5d7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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