#a6b3ce

Color #a6b3ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.21 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b3ce

RGB

rgb(166, 179, 206)

HSL

hsl(220.5, 29%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.5, 19.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(72.76, 1.2, -15.16)

LCH

lch(72.76, 15.21, 274.53)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0414, 265.01)

HWB

hwb(220.5, 65.1%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cec1a6

Analogous

#a6c7ce

#a6b3ce

#ada6ce

Triadic

#a6b3ce

#cea6b3

#b3cea6

Split-complementary

#a6b3ce

#ceada6

#c7cea6

Tetradic

#a6b3ce

#c1a6ce

#cec1a6

#b3cea6

Square

#a6b3ce

#cea6c7

#cec1a6

#a6cead

Shades

Color #a6b3ce mixed toward black.

#7e91b8

#586fa0

#425478

#2c3850

#161c28

Tints

Color #a6b3ce mixed toward white.

#b5c0d6

#c4ccde

#d2d9e6

#e1e6ef

#f0f2f7

Tones

Color #a6b3ce mixed toward gray.

#a9b4cb

#adb5c7

#b0b6c4

#b3b8c1

#b7b9bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacc8 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#abaac6 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#a7c3c2 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b3ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b3ce]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6b3ce (#a6b3ce) is rgb(166, 179, 206) in RGB.

No, #a6b3ce 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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