#a6e2ef

Color #a6e2ef

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 4.83 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6e2ef

RGB

rgb(166, 226, 239)

HSL

hsl(190.7, 69.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.7, 30.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(86.37, -15.94, -12.46)

LCH

lch(86.37, 20.23, 218.01)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.0633, 212.49)

HWB

hwb(190.7, 65.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb3a6

Analogous

#a6efd7

#a6e2ef

#a6bdef

Triadic

#a6e2ef

#efa6e2

#e2efa6

Split-complementary

#a6e2ef

#efa6bd

#efd7a6

Tetradic

#a6e2ef

#b3a6ef

#efb3a6

#e2efa6

Square

#a6e2ef

#d7a6ef

#efb3a6

#bdefa6

Shades

Color #a6e2ef mixed toward black.

#6dcfe5

#34bdda

#1f92ac

#156272

#0a3139

Tints

Color #a6e2ef mixed toward white.

#b5e7f2

#c4ecf4

#d2f0f7

#e1f5fa

#f0fafc

Tones

Color #a6e2ef mixed toward gray.

#acdee9

#b2dae3

#b8d6dd

#bed2d7

#c4ced1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c4ec · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#bfbbeb · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#aae9e9 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6e2ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6e2ef]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#a6e2ef (#a6e2ef) is rgb(166, 226, 239) in RGB.

No, #a6e2ef 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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