#a6b5eb

Color #a6b5eb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 16.26 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b5eb

RGB

rgb(166, 181, 235)

HSL

hsl(227, 63.3%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 29.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.4%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(74.29, 6.9, -28.63)

LCH

lch(74.29, 29.45, 283.55)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0791, 272.39)

HWB

hwb(227, 65.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebdca6

Analogous

#a6d7eb

#a6b5eb

#b9a6eb

Triadic

#a6b5eb

#eba6b5

#b5eba6

Split-complementary

#a6b5eb

#ebb9a6

#d7eba6

Tetradic

#a6b5eb

#dca6eb

#ebdca6

#b5eba6

Square

#a6b5eb

#eba6d7

#ebdca6

#a6ebb9

Shades

Color #a6b5eb mixed toward black.

#6f87df

#395ad2

#2540a4

#192b6d

#0c1537

Tints

Color #a6b5eb mixed toward white.

#b5c1ee

#c4cef2

#d2daf5

#e1e6f8

#f0f3fc

Tones

Color #a6b5eb mixed toward gray.

#acb8e5

#b1bbdf

#b7bfda

#bdc2d4

#c3c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaddf · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#acabdd · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#a7d6d4 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b5eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b5eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#a6b5eb (#a6b5eb) is rgb(166, 181, 235) in RGB.

No, #a6b5eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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