#a6b4e9

Color #a6b4e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 15.91 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b4e9

RGB

rgb(166, 180, 233)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 60.4%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 28.8%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(73.95, 6.96, -28.06)

LCH

lch(73.95, 28.91, 283.93)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.0775, 273.03)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 65.1%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9dba6

Analogous

#a6d5e9

#a6b4e9

#b9a6e9

Triadic

#a6b4e9

#e9a6b4

#b4e9a6

Split-complementary

#a6b4e9

#e9b9a6

#d5e9a6

Tetradic

#a6b4e9

#dba6e9

#e9dba6

#b4e9a6

Square

#a6b4e9

#e9a6d5

#e9dba6

#a6e9b9

Shades

Color #a6b4e9 mixed toward black.

#7187dc

#3b5acf

#2741a0

#1a2b6b

#0d1635

Tints

Color #a6b4e9 mixed toward white.

#b5c0ed

#c4cdf0

#d2d9f4

#e1e6f8

#f0f2fb

Tones

Color #a6b4e9 mixed toward gray.

#abb7e3

#b1bade

#b7bed8

#bcc1d3

#c2c4cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacde · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#abaadb · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#a7d4d2 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 17.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b4e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b4e9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a6b4e9 (#a6b4e9) is rgb(166, 180, 233) in RGB.

No, #a6b4e9 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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