#6cc4e1

Color #6cc4e1

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 5.87 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6cc4e1

RGB

rgb(108, 196, 225)

HSL

hsl(194.9, 66.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.9, 52%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(74.89, -18.6, -22.57)

LCH

lch(74.89, 29.25, 230.51)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0941, 221.64)

HWB

hwb(194.9, 42.4%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1896c

Analogous

#6ce1c4

#6cc4e1

#6c89e1

Triadic

#6cc4e1

#e16cc4

#c4e16c

Split-complementary

#6cc4e1

#e16c89

#e1c46c

Tetradic

#6cc4e1

#896ce1

#e1896c

#c4e16c

Square

#6cc4e1

#c46ce1

#e1896c

#89e16c

Shades

Color #6cc4e1 mixed toward black.

#3eb1d8

#2694b8

#1c6f8a

#134a5c

#09252e

Tints

Color #6cc4e1 mixed toward white.

#85cee6

#9dd8eb

#b6e1f0

#ceebf5

#e7f5fa

Tones

Color #6cc4e1 mixed toward gray.

#76bfd7

#80bace

#89b5c4

#93b0ba

#9dabb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9bda · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#958ed9 · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#73d5d4 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6cc4e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6cc4e1]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6cc4e1 (#6cc4e1) is rgb(108, 196, 225) in RGB.

No, #6cc4e1 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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