#6cb2e2

Color #6cb2e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.36 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6cb2e2

RGB

rgb(108, 178, 226)

HSL

hsl(204.4, 67%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.4, 52.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.84, -8.8, -30.86)

LCH

lch(69.84, 32.09, 254.08)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0994, 240)

HWB

hwb(204.4, 42.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e29c6c

Analogous

#6ce2d7

#6cb2e2

#6c77e2

Triadic

#6cb2e2

#e26cb2

#b2e26c

Split-complementary

#6cb2e2

#e26c77

#e2d76c

Tetradic

#6cb2e2

#9c6ce2

#e29c6c

#b2e26c

Square

#6cb2e2

#d76ce2

#e29c6c

#77e26c

Shades

Color #6cb2e2 mixed toward black.

#3e9ad9

#257dba

#1c5e8b

#123f5d

#091f2e

Tints

Color #6cb2e2 mixed toward white.

#85bfe7

#9dccec

#b6d9f0

#cee5f5

#e7f2fa

Tones

Color #6cb2e2 mixed toward gray.

#76b0d8

#80aece

#8aadc4

#93abbb

#9da9b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090d8 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#8c86d5 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#71cfcd · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6cb2e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6cb2e2]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#6cb2e2 (#6cb2e2) is rgb(108, 178, 226) in RGB.

No, #6cb2e2 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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