#c6d5ef

Color #c6d5ef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c6d5ef

RGB

rgb(198, 213, 239)

HSL

hsl(218, 56.2%, 85.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 17.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(84.91, 0.22, -14.45)

LCH

lch(84.91, 14.45, 270.87)

OKLCH

oklch(87%, 0.0395, 261.56)

HWB

hwb(218, 77.6%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efe0c6

Analogous

#c6eaef

#c6d5ef

#ccc6ef

Triadic

#c6d5ef

#efc6d5

#d5efc6

Split-complementary

#c6d5ef

#efccc6

#eaefc6

Tetradic

#c6d5ef

#e0c6ef

#efe0c6

#d5efc6

Square

#c6d5ef

#efc6ea

#efe0c6

#c6efcc

Shades

Color #c6d5ef mixed toward black.

#8dabdf

#5481cf

#305dab

#203e72

#101f39

Tints

Color #c6d5ef mixed toward white.

#d0dcf2

#d9e3f4

#e3eaf7

#ecf1fa

#f6f8fc

Tones

Color #c6d5ef mixed toward gray.

#c9d6ec

#cdd7e8

#d0d8e5

#d4d9e1

#d7dade

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcde9 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#cccbe8 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#c7e4e3 · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c6d5ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6d5ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#c6d5ef (#c6d5ef) is rgb(198, 213, 239) in RGB.

No, #c6d5ef 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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