#a6bbff

Color #a6bbff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a6bbff

RGB

rgb(166, 187, 255)

HSL

hsl(225.8, 100%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.8, 34.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.6, 8.6, -35.84)

LCH

lch(76.6, 36.86, 283.49)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0996, 270.81)

HWB

hwb(225.8, 65.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffeaa6

Analogous

#a6e7ff

#a6bbff

#bda6ff

Triadic

#a6bbff

#ffa6bb

#bbffa6

Split-complementary

#a6bbff

#ffbda6

#e7ffa6

Tetradic

#a6bbff

#eaa6ff

#ffeaa6

#bbffa6

Square

#a6bbff

#ffa6e7

#ffeaa6

#a6ffbd

Shades

Color #a6bbff mixed toward black.

#6085ff

#1a50ff

#0032d2

#00218c

#001146

Tints

Color #a6bbff mixed toward white.

#b5c6ff

#c3d2ff

#d2ddff

#e1e8ff

#f0f4ff

Tones

Color #a6bbff mixed toward gray.

#adbff8

#b5c3f0

#bcc7e9

#c3cbe1

#cbceda

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afb0f1 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#aeaded · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#a7e5e2 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 20.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6bbff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6bbff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6bbff (#a6bbff) is rgb(166, 187, 255) in RGB.

No, #a6bbff 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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