#6ac7e1

Color #6ac7e1

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.73 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ac7e1

RGB

rgb(106, 199, 225)

HSL

hsl(193.1, 66.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.1, 52.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(75.66, -20.56, -21.4)

LCH

lch(75.66, 29.68, 226.15)

OKLCH

oklch(78.2%, 0.0957, 218.3)

HWB

hwb(193.1, 41.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1846a

Analogous

#6ae1bf

#6ac7e1

#6a8ce1

Triadic

#6ac7e1

#e16ac7

#c7e16a

Split-complementary

#6ac7e1

#e16a8c

#e1bf6a

Tetradic

#6ac7e1

#846ae1

#e1846a

#c7e16a

Square

#6ac7e1

#bf6ae1

#e1846a

#8ce16a

Shades

Color #6ac7e1 mixed toward black.

#3cb6d8

#2598b8

#1c728a

#124c5c

#09262e

Tints

Color #6ac7e1 mixed toward white.

#83d0e6

#9cdaeb

#b4e3f0

#cdecf5

#e6f6fa

Tones

Color #6ac7e1 mixed toward gray.

#74c1d7

#7ebccd

#88b6c3

#92b1b9

#9cabaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cdb · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#968eda · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#71d6d5 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ac7e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ac7e1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6ac7e1 (#6ac7e1) is rgb(106, 199, 225) in RGB.

No, #6ac7e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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