#6bcef2

Color #6bcef2

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.84 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6bcef2

RGB

rgb(107, 206, 242)

HSL

hsl(196, 83.9%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 55.8%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(78.27, -19.1, -26.55)

LCH

lch(78.27, 32.71, 234.27)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.1057, 224.27)

HWB

hwb(196, 42%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f28f6b

Analogous

#6bf2d2

#6bcef2

#6b8af2

Triadic

#6bcef2

#f26bce

#cef26b

Split-complementary

#6bcef2

#f26b8a

#f2d26b

Tetradic

#6bcef2

#8f6bf2

#f28f6b

#cef26b

Square

#6bcef2

#d26bf2

#f28f6b

#8af26b

Shades

Color #6bcef2 mixed toward black.

#35bced

#13a2d6

#0e79a0

#09516b

#052835

Tints

Color #6bcef2 mixed toward white.

#84d6f4

#9cdef6

#b5e6f9

#ceeffb

#e6f7fd

Tones

Color #6bcef2 mixed toward gray.

#76c9e7

#81c3db

#8dbed0

#98b9c5

#a3b4ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1ea · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#9a92e8 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#73e3e2 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bcef2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bcef2]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#6bcef2 (#6bcef2) is rgb(107, 206, 242) in RGB.

No, #6bcef2 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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