#a6b8ea

Color #a6b8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.75 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b8ea

RGB

rgb(166, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(224.1, 61.8%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.1, 29.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(75.03, 5, -26.95)

LCH

lch(75.03, 27.41, 280.51)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0742, 269.23)

HWB

hwb(224.1, 65.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ead8a6

Analogous

#a6daea

#a6b8ea

#b6a6ea

Triadic

#a6b8ea

#eaa6b8

#b8eaa6

Split-complementary

#a6b8ea

#eab6a6

#daeaa6

Tetradic

#a6b8ea

#d8a6ea

#ead8a6

#b8eaa6

Square

#a6b8ea

#eaa6da

#ead8a6

#a6eab6

Shades

Color #a6b8ea mixed toward black.

#708ddd

#3a62d1

#2647a2

#192f6c

#0d1836

Tints

Color #a6b8ea mixed toward white.

#b5c4ed

#c4d0f1

#d2dbf4

#e1e7f8

#f0f3fb

Tones

Color #a6b8ea mixed toward gray.

#acbbe4

#b1bddf

#b7c0d9

#bdc3d3

#c2c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaedf · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#adacdd · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#a7d6d4 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b8ea]

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

#a6b8ea (#a6b8ea) is rgb(166, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #a6b8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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