#a6cae2

Color #a6cae2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a6cae2

RGB

rgb(166, 202, 226)

HSL

hsl(204, 50.8%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 26.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(79.52, -6.57, -15.82)

LCH

lch(79.52, 17.13, 247.45)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0513, 237.43)

HWB

hwb(204, 65.1%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2bea6

Analogous

#a6e2dc

#a6cae2

#a6ace2

Triadic

#a6cae2

#e2a6ca

#cae2a6

Split-complementary

#a6cae2

#e2a6ac

#e2dca6

Tetradic

#a6cae2

#bea6e2

#e2bea6

#cae2a6

Square

#a6cae2

#dca6e2

#e2bea6

#ace2a6

Shades

Color #a6cae2 mixed toward black.

#75add2

#448fc2

#306c94

#204863

#102431

Tints

Color #a6cae2 mixed toward white.

#b5d3e7

#c4dcec

#d3e5f1

#e1edf5

#f0f6fa

Tones

Color #a6cae2 mixed toward gray.

#abc9dd

#b0c8d8

#b5c7d3

#bac6ce

#bfc5c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7dd · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#b5b2db · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#a8d8d7 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 13.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6cae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6cae2]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#a6cae2 (#a6cae2) is rgb(166, 202, 226) in RGB.

No, #a6cae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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