#a6bed9

Color #a6bed9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 2.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a6bed9

RGB

rgb(166, 190, 217)

HSL

hsl(211.8, 40.2%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.8, 23.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(76.03, -2.26, -16.22)

LCH

lch(76.03, 16.38, 262.07)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.0466, 251.49)

HWB

hwb(211.8, 65.1%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9c1a6

Analogous

#a6d7d9

#a6bed9

#a8a6d9

Triadic

#a6bed9

#d9a6be

#bed9a6

Split-complementary

#a6bed9

#d9a8a6

#d7d9a6

Tetradic

#a6bed9

#c1a6d9

#d9c1a6

#bed9a6

Square

#a6bed9

#d9a6d7

#d9c1a6

#a6d9a8

Shades

Color #a6bed9 mixed toward black.

#799dc6

#4c7db3

#395d86

#263e59

#131f2d

Tints

Color #a6bed9 mixed toward white.

#b5c9df

#c4d4e6

#d2deec

#e1e9f2

#f0f4f9

Tones

Color #a6bed9 mixed toward gray.

#aabed5

#aebed1

#b3bfcc

#b7bfc8

#bbbfc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d3 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#b0aed1 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#a7cecd · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6bed9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6bed9]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#a6bed9 (#a6bed9) is rgb(166, 190, 217) in RGB.

No, #a6bed9 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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