#a6b7ee

Color #a6b7ee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b7ee

RGB

rgb(166, 183, 238)

HSL

hsl(225.8, 67.9%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.8, 30.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(74.92, 6.53, -29.28)

LCH

lch(74.92, 30, 282.57)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0809, 271.13)

HWB

hwb(225.8, 65.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eedda6

Analogous

#a6dbee

#a6b7ee

#b9a6ee

Triadic

#a6b7ee

#eea6b7

#b7eea6

Split-complementary

#a6b7ee

#eeb9a6

#dbeea6

Tetradic

#a6b7ee

#dda6ee

#eedda6

#b7eea6

Square

#a6b7ee

#eea6db

#eedda6

#a6eeb9

Shades

Color #a6b7ee mixed toward black.

#6d89e3

#355cd8

#2041aa

#162b71

#0b1639

Tints

Color #a6b7ee mixed toward white.

#b5c3f1

#c4cff4

#d2dbf6

#e1e7f9

#f0f3fc

Tones

Color #a6b7ee mixed toward gray.

#acbae8

#b2bde2

#b8c0dc

#bec4d6

#c4c7d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaee2 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#adabdf · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#a7d8d6 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b7ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b7ee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6b7ee (#a6b7ee) is rgb(166, 183, 238) in RGB.

No, #a6b7ee 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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