#6ecdde

Color #6ecdde

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6ecdde

RGB

rgb(110, 205, 222)

HSL

hsl(189.1, 62.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.1, 50.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(77.43, -23.57, -17.1)

LCH

lch(77.43, 29.12, 215.96)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.093, 210.51)

HWB

hwb(189.1, 43.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de7f6e

Analogous

#6edeb7

#6ecdde

#6e95de

Triadic

#6ecdde

#de6ecd

#cdde6e

Split-complementary

#6ecdde

#de6e95

#deb76e

Tetradic

#6ecdde

#7f6ede

#de7f6e

#cdde6e

Square

#6ecdde

#b76ede

#de7f6e

#95de6e

Shades

Color #6ecdde mixed toward black.

#41bdd4

#299fb4

#1f7787

#15505a

#0a282d

Tints

Color #6ecdde mixed toward white.

#86d5e3

#9edee9

#b7e6ee

#cfeef4

#e7f7f9

Tones

Color #6ecdde mixed toward gray.

#77c7d5

#81c0cb

#8abac2

#93b3b9

#9dadaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1da · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#9b93d9 · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#75d7d6 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ecdde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ecdde]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#6ecdde (#6ecdde) is rgb(110, 205, 222) in RGB.

No, #6ecdde 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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