#a6a6c1

Color #a6a6c1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a6c1

RGB

rgb(166, 166, 193)

HSL

hsl(240, 17.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 14%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 14%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(68.92, 5.48, -13.79)

LCH

lch(68.92, 14.84, 291.67)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0387, 285.44)

HWB

hwb(240, 65.1%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1c1a6

Analogous

#a6b4c1

#a6a6c1

#b4a6c1

Triadic

#a6a6c1

#c1a6a6

#a6c1a6

Split-complementary

#a6a6c1

#c1b4a6

#b4c1a6

Tetradic

#a6a6c1

#c1a6c1

#c1c1a6

#a6c1a6

Square

#a6a6c1

#c1a6b4

#c1c1a6

#a6c1b4

Shades

Color #a6a6c1 mixed toward black.

#8383a8

#62628d

#4a4a6a

#313147

#191923

Tints

Color #a6a6c1 mixed toward white.

#b5b5cb

#c4c4d6

#d3d3e0

#e1e1ea

#f0f0f5

Tones

Color #a6a6c1 mixed toward gray.

#a8a8bf

#ababbd

#adadba

#afafb8

#b1b1b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6bb · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#a6a6b9 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#a6b6b5 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 11.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a6c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a6c1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#a6a6c1 (#a6a6c1) is rgb(166, 166, 193) in RGB.

No, #a6a6c1 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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