#6ea6ce

Color #6ea6ce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ea6ce

RGB

rgb(110, 166, 206)

HSL

hsl(205, 49.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205, 46.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(65.78, -7.58, -26.1)

LCH

lch(65.78, 27.18, 253.81)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.0832, 240.57)

HWB

hwb(205, 43.1%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce966e

Analogous

#6ecec6

#6ea6ce

#6e76ce

Triadic

#6ea6ce

#ce6ea6

#a6ce6e

Split-complementary

#6ea6ce

#ce6e76

#cec66e

Tetradic

#6ea6ce

#966ece

#ce966e

#a6ce6e

Square

#6ea6ce

#c66ece

#ce966e

#76ce6e

Shades

Color #6ea6ce mixed toward black.

#478ec1

#35729e

#285676

#1b394f

#0d1d27

Tints

Color #6ea6ce mixed toward white.

#86b5d6

#9ec4de

#b7d3e7

#cfe1ef

#e7f0f7

Tones

Color #6ea6ce mixed toward gray.

#76a5c6

#7ea3be

#86a2b6

#8ea1ae

#969fa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ac5 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#8782c3 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#72bebc · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ea6ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ea6ce]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#6ea6ce (#6ea6ce) is rgb(110, 166, 206) in RGB.

No, #6ea6ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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