#a6c6ff

Color #a6c6ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.75 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6c6ff

RGB

rgb(166, 198, 255)

HSL

hsl(218.4, 100%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.4, 34.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(79.45, 2.6, -31.44)

LCH

lch(79.45, 31.55, 274.73)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0879, 261.76)

HWB

hwb(218.4, 65.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffdfa6

Analogous

#a6f3ff

#a6c6ff

#b2a6ff

Triadic

#a6c6ff

#ffa6c6

#c6ffa6

Split-complementary

#a6c6ff

#ffb2a6

#f3ffa6

Tetradic

#a6c6ff

#dfa6ff

#ffdfa6

#c6ffa6

Square

#a6c6ff

#ffa6f3

#ffdfa6

#a6ffb2

Shades

Color #a6c6ff mixed toward black.

#6099ff

#1a6cff

#004cd2

#00328c

#001946

Tints

Color #a6c6ff mixed toward white.

#b5cfff

#c3d9ff

#d2e2ff

#e1ecff

#f0f5ff

Tones

Color #a6c6ff mixed toward gray.

#adc8f8

#b5caf0

#bccce9

#c3cee1

#cbd0da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5f3 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#b3b0f0 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#a8e9e6 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6c6ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6c6ff]

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

#a6c6ff (#a6c6ff) is rgb(166, 198, 255) in RGB.

No, #a6c6ff 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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