#a6b6dd

Color #a6b6dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b6dd

RGB

rgb(166, 182, 221)

HSL

hsl(222.5, 44.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.5, 24.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(74.05, 2.99, -21.39)

LCH

lch(74.05, 21.6, 277.96)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0587, 267.56)

HWB

hwb(222.5, 65.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddcda6

Analogous

#a6d2dd

#a6b6dd

#b2a6dd

Triadic

#a6b6dd

#dda6b6

#b6dda6

Split-complementary

#a6b6dd

#ddb2a6

#d2dda6

Tetradic

#a6b6dd

#cda6dd

#ddcda6

#b6dda6

Square

#a6b6dd

#dda6d2

#ddcda6

#a6ddb2

Shades

Color #a6b6dd mixed toward black.

#7790cb

#496ab9

#364f8c

#24345d

#121a2f

Tints

Color #a6b6dd mixed toward white.

#b5c2e3

#c4cee8

#d3dbee

#e1e7f4

#f0f3f9

Tones

Color #a6b6dd mixed toward gray.

#abb8d8

#afbad4

#b4bccf

#b8becb

#bdc0c6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadd4 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#acabd2 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#a7cdcc · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b6dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b6dd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6b6dd (#a6b6dd) is rgb(166, 182, 221) in RGB.

No, #a6b6dd 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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