#6bbee2

Color #6bbee2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6bbee2

RGB

rgb(107, 190, 226)

HSL

hsl(198.2, 67.2%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.2, 52.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(73.18, -15.42, -25.72)

LCH

lch(73.18, 29.99, 239.06)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.096, 228.17)

HWB

hwb(198.2, 42%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e28f6b

Analogous

#6be2cb

#6bbee2

#6b82e2

Triadic

#6bbee2

#e26bbe

#bee26b

Split-complementary

#6bbee2

#e26b82

#e2cb6b

Tetradic

#6bbee2

#8f6be2

#e28f6b

#bee26b

Square

#6bbee2

#cb6be2

#e28f6b

#82e26b

Shades

Color #6bbee2 mixed toward black.

#3da9d9

#248cba

#1b698b

#12465d

#09232e

Tints

Color #6bbee2 mixed toward white.

#84c9e7

#9cd4ec

#b5def0

#cee9f5

#e6f4fa

Tones

Color #6bbee2 mixed toward gray.

#75bad8

#7fb6ce

#89b2c4

#93aeba

#9daab0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697da · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#918bd8 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#71d3d2 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bbee2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bbee2]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6bbee2 (#6bbee2) is rgb(107, 190, 226) in RGB.

No, #6bbee2 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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