#6bb5ca

Color #6bb5ca

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6bb5ca

RGB

rgb(107, 181, 202)

HSL

hsl(193.3, 47.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.3, 47%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(69.78, -17.45, -17.8)

LCH

lch(69.78, 24.93, 225.57)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0796, 218.06)

HWB

hwb(193.3, 42%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca806b

Analogous

#6bcab0

#6bb5ca

#6b85ca

Triadic

#6bb5ca

#ca6bb5

#b5ca6b

Split-complementary

#6bb5ca

#ca6b85

#cab06b

Tetradic

#6bb5ca

#806bca

#ca806b

#b5ca6b

Square

#6bb5ca

#b06bca

#ca806b

#85ca6b

Shades

Color #6bb5ca mixed toward black.

#45a2bc

#368298

#296272

#1b414c

#0e2126

Tints

Color #6bb5ca mixed toward white.

#84c1d3

#9ccedc

#b5dae5

#cee6ed

#e6f3f6

Tones

Color #6bb5ca mixed toward gray.

#73b1c2

#7bacba

#83a8b2

#8ba3aa

#939fa2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192c5 · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#8d87c4 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#70c1c0 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bb5ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bb5ca]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6bb5ca (#6bb5ca) is rgb(107, 181, 202) in RGB.

No, #6bb5ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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