#a6bee6

Color #a6bee6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a6bee6

RGB

rgb(166, 190, 230)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 56.1%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 27.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(76.46, 0.77, -22.6)

LCH

lch(76.46, 22.61, 271.95)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.0628, 260.57)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 65.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6cea6

Analogous

#a6dee6

#a6bee6

#aea6e6

Triadic

#a6bee6

#e6a6be

#bee6a6

Split-complementary

#a6bee6

#e6aea6

#dee6a6

Tetradic

#a6bee6

#cea6e6

#e6cea6

#bee6a6

Square

#a6bee6

#e6a6de

#e6cea6

#a6e6ae

Shades

Color #a6bee6 mixed toward black.

#7298d7

#3f73c9

#2b559a

#1d3967

#0e1c33

Tints

Color #a6bee6 mixed toward white.

#b5c9ea

#c4d4ee

#d2def2

#e1e9f7

#f0f4fb

Tones

Color #a6bee6 mixed toward gray.

#abbfe1

#b1c1db

#b6c2d6

#bbc3d1

#c1c5cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1dd · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#b0aedb · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#a7d6d4 · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6bee6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6bee6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#a6bee6 (#a6bee6) is rgb(166, 190, 230) in RGB.

No, #a6bee6 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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