#a6bdee

Color #a6bdee

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.67 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a6bdee

RGB

rgb(166, 189, 238)

HSL

hsl(220.8, 67.9%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.8, 30.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(76.48, 3.25, -26.88)

LCH

lch(76.48, 27.08, 276.89)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0744, 265.14)

HWB

hwb(220.8, 65.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed7a6

Analogous

#a6e1ee

#a6bdee

#b3a6ee

Triadic

#a6bdee

#eea6bd

#bdeea6

Split-complementary

#a6bdee

#eeb3a6

#e1eea6

Tetradic

#a6bdee

#d7a6ee

#eed7a6

#bdeea6

Square

#a6bdee

#eea6e1

#eed7a6

#a6eeb3

Shades

Color #a6bdee mixed toward black.

#6d93e3

#3569d8

#204caa

#163371

#0b1939

Tints

Color #a6bdee mixed toward white.

#b5c8f1

#c4d3f4

#d2def6

#e1e9f9

#f0f4fc

Tones

Color #a6bdee mixed toward gray.

#acbfe8

#b2c1e2

#b8c3dc

#bec6d6

#c4c8d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1e3 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#afade1 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#a7dbd9 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6bdee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6bdee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6bdee (#a6bdee) is rgb(166, 189, 238) in RGB.

No, #a6bdee 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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