#a6d5e6

Color #a6d5e6

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 2.27 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a6d5e6

RGB

rgb(166, 213, 230)

HSL

hsl(195.9, 56.1%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.9, 27.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(82.6, -11.39, -13.34)

LCH

lch(82.6, 17.54, 229.51)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0544, 222.02)

HWB

hwb(195.9, 65.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b7a6

Analogous

#a6e6d7

#a6d5e6

#a6b5e6

Triadic

#a6d5e6

#e6a6d5

#d5e6a6

Split-complementary

#a6d5e6

#e6a6b5

#e6d7a6

Tetradic

#a6d5e6

#b7a6e6

#e6b7a6

#d5e6a6

Square

#a6d5e6

#d7a6e6

#e6b7a6

#b5e6a6

Shades

Color #a6d5e6 mixed toward black.

#72bdd7

#3fa4c9

#2b7d9a

#1d5367

#0e2a33

Tints

Color #a6d5e6 mixed toward white.

#b5dcea

#c4e3ee

#d2eaf2

#e1f1f7

#f0f8fb

Tones

Color #a6d5e6 mixed toward gray.

#abd2e1

#b1d0db

#b6cdd6

#bbcbd1

#c1c8cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbde2 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#b9b6e1 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#a9dfde · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6d5e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6d5e6]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#a6d5e6 (#a6d5e6) is rgb(166, 213, 230) in RGB.

No, #a6d5e6 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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