#a6d8de

Color #a6d8de

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 3.04 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6d8de

RGB

rgb(166, 216, 222)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 45.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 25.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(83.17, -14.73, -8.22)

LCH

lch(83.17, 16.87, 209.16)

OKLCH

oklch(84.9%, 0.0523, 205.34)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 65.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deaca6

Analogous

#a6dec8

#a6d8de

#a6bcde

Triadic

#a6d8de

#dea6d8

#d8dea6

Split-complementary

#a6d8de

#dea6bc

#dec8a6

Tetradic

#a6d8de

#aca6de

#deaca6

#d8dea6

Square

#a6d8de

#c8a6de

#deaca6

#bcdea6

Shades

Color #a6d8de mixed toward black.

#77c3cd

#48afbb

#34848e

#23585e

#112c2f

Tints

Color #a6d8de mixed toward white.

#b5dfe4

#c4e5e9

#d3ecef

#e1f2f4

#f0f9fa

Tones

Color #a6d8de mixed toward gray.

#abd4d9

#afd1d5

#b4cdd0

#b9c9cb

#bdc6c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebedd · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#bbb7dc · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#a9dbdb · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6d8de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6d8de]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a6d8de (#a6d8de) is rgb(166, 216, 222) in RGB.

No, #a6d8de 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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