#6db9de

Color #6db9de

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6db9de

RGB

rgb(109, 185, 222)

HSL

hsl(199.6, 63.1%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.6, 50.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(71.7, -13.49, -25.8)

LCH

lch(71.7, 29.11, 242.4)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0924, 230.89)

HWB

hwb(199.6, 42.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de926d

Analogous

#6ddeca

#6db9de

#6d81de

Triadic

#6db9de

#de6db9

#b9de6d

Split-complementary

#6db9de

#de6d81

#deca6d

Tetradic

#6db9de

#926dde

#de926d

#b9de6d

Square

#6db9de

#ca6dde

#de926d

#81de6d

Shades

Color #6db9de mixed toward black.

#40a4d4

#2986b4

#1f6587

#14435a

#0a222d

Tints

Color #6db9de mixed toward white.

#85c5e3

#9ed0e9

#b6dcee

#cee8f4

#e7f3f9

Tones

Color #6db9de mixed toward gray.

#76b6d5

#80b3cb

#89afc2

#93acb8

#9ca9af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495d6 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#908ad4 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#72cfce · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6db9de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6db9de]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6db9de (#6db9de) is rgb(109, 185, 222) in RGB.

No, #6db9de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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