#a6b4c1

Color #a6b4c1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b4c1

RGB

rgb(166, 180, 193)

HSL

hsl(208.9, 17.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.9, 14%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 6.7%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(72.63, -2.17, -8.25)

LCH

lch(72.63, 8.53, 255.26)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0243, 246.18)

HWB

hwb(208.9, 65.1%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1b3a6

Analogous

#a6c1c1

#a6b4c1

#a6a7c1

Triadic

#a6b4c1

#c1a6b4

#b4c1a6

Split-complementary

#a6b4c1

#c1a6a7

#c1c1a6

Tetradic

#a6b4c1

#b3a6c1

#c1b3a6

#b4c1a6

Square

#a6b4c1

#c1a6c1

#c1b3a6

#a7c1a6

Shades

Color #a6b4c1 mixed toward black.

#8396a8

#62788d

#4a5a6a

#313c47

#191e23

Tints

Color #a6b4c1 mixed toward white.

#b5c1cb

#c4cdd6

#d3dae0

#e1e6ea

#f0f3f5

Tones

Color #a6b4c1 mixed toward gray.

#a8b4bf

#abb4bd

#adb4ba

#afb4b8

#b1b4b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacbe · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#abaabd · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#a7bcbb · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 7.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b4c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b4c1]

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Slate Gray #708090

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#a6b4c1 (#a6b4c1) is rgb(166, 180, 193) in RGB.

No, #a6b4c1 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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