#a6bcde

Color #a6bcde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.25 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a6bcde

RGB

rgb(166, 188, 222)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 45.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 25.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(75.67, -0.03, -19.48)

LCH

lch(75.67, 19.48, 269.91)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0543, 259.06)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 65.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dec8a6

Analogous

#a6d8de

#a6bcde

#aca6de

Triadic

#a6bcde

#dea6bc

#bcdea6

Split-complementary

#a6bcde

#deaca6

#d8dea6

Tetradic

#a6bcde

#c8a6de

#dec8a6

#bcdea6

Square

#a6bcde

#dea6d8

#dec8a6

#a6deac

Shades

Color #a6bcde mixed toward black.

#7799cd

#4875bb

#34588e

#233a5e

#111d2f

Tints

Color #a6bcde mixed toward white.

#b5c7e4

#c4d2e9

#d3deef

#e1e9f4

#f0f4fa

Tones

Color #a6bcde mixed toward gray.

#abbdd9

#afbed5

#b4bfd0

#b9c0cb

#bdc1c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0d6 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#afadd5 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#a7d0cf · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6bcde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6bcde]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6bcde (#a6bcde) is rgb(166, 188, 222) in RGB.

No, #a6bcde 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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