#6ea0bb

Color #6ea0bb

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.22 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6ea0bb

RGB

rgb(110, 160, 187)

HSL

hsl(201, 36.2%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201, 41.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.38, -9.58, -19.19)

LCH

lch(63.38, 21.45, 243.47)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0666, 232.63)

HWB

hwb(201, 43.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb896e

Analogous

#6ebbaf

#6ea0bb

#6e79bb

Triadic

#6ea0bb

#bb6ea0

#a0bb6e

Split-complementary

#6ea0bb

#bb6e79

#bbaf6e

Tetradic

#6ea0bb

#896ebb

#bb896e

#a0bb6e

Square

#6ea0bb

#af6ebb

#bb896e

#79bb6e

Shades

Color #6ea0bb mixed toward black.

#4f89a8

#3f6e87

#2f5265

#203743

#101b22

Tints

Color #6ea0bb mixed toward white.

#86b0c6

#9ec0d2

#b6cfdd

#cfdfe8

#e7eff4

Tones

Color #6ea0bb mixed toward gray.

#749eb5

#7b9cae

#819aa8

#8898a1

#8e969b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787b5 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#8480b3 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#71b0af · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ea0bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ea0bb]

Related colors

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Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6ea0bb (#6ea0bb) is rgb(110, 160, 187) in RGB.

No, #6ea0bb 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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