#6bc1e1

Color #6bc1e1

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.33 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6bc1e1

RGB

rgb(107, 193, 225)

HSL

hsl(196.3, 66.3%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.3, 52.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(74, -17.27, -23.93)

LCH

lch(74, 29.51, 234.18)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0948, 224.44)

HWB

hwb(196.3, 42%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e18b6b

Analogous

#6be1c6

#6bc1e1

#6b86e1

Triadic

#6bc1e1

#e16bc1

#c1e16b

Split-complementary

#6bc1e1

#e16b86

#e1c66b

Tetradic

#6bc1e1

#8b6be1

#e18b6b

#c1e16b

Square

#6bc1e1

#c66be1

#e18b6b

#86e16b

Shades

Color #6bc1e1 mixed toward black.

#3daed8

#2590b8

#1c6c8a

#13485c

#09242e

Tints

Color #6bc1e1 mixed toward white.

#84cbe6

#9cd6eb

#b5e0f0

#ceeaf5

#e6f5fa

Tones

Color #6bc1e1 mixed toward gray.

#75bcd7

#7fb8cd

#89b3c4

#92afba

#9caab0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899da · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#938cd8 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#71d4d3 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6bc1e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6bc1e1]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#6bc1e1 (#6bc1e1) is rgb(107, 193, 225) in RGB.

No, #6bc1e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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