#c6d4e7

Color #c6d4e7

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.34 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c6d4e7

RGB

rgb(198, 212, 231)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 40.7%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 14.3%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(84.41, -0.93, -10.94)

LCH

lch(84.41, 10.98, 265.14)

OKLCH

oklch(86.5%, 0.0304, 255.92)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 77.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7d9c6

Analogous

#c6e4e7

#c6d4e7

#c8c6e7

Triadic

#c6d4e7

#e7c6d4

#d4e7c6

Split-complementary

#c6d4e7

#e7c8c6

#e4e7c6

Tetradic

#c6d4e7

#d9c6e7

#e7d9c6

#d4e7c6

Square

#c6d4e7

#e7c6e4

#e7d9c6

#c6e7c8

Shades

Color #c6d4e7 mixed toward black.

#94aed2

#6188bd

#406597

#2a4365

#152232

Tints

Color #c6d4e7 mixed toward white.

#cfdbeb

#d9e2ef

#e2e9f3

#ecf1f7

#f5f8fb

Tones

Color #c6d4e7 mixed toward gray.

#c9d4e4

#cbd5e1

#ced5df

#d1d6dc

#d4d6d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccce3 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#cbcae2 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#c7dfde · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c6d4e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6d4e7]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#c6d4e7 (#c6d4e7) is rgb(198, 212, 231) in RGB.

No, #c6d4e7 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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