#a6caed

Color #a6caed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a6caed

RGB

rgb(166, 202, 237)

HSL

hsl(209.6, 66.4%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.6, 30%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(79.88, -3.98, -21.17)

LCH

lch(79.88, 21.54, 259.35)

OKLCH

oklch(82.5%, 0.0627, 247.89)

HWB

hwb(209.6, 65.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc9a6

Analogous

#a6eded

#a6caed

#a6a6ed

Triadic

#a6caed

#eda6ca

#caeda6

Split-complementary

#a6caed

#eda6a6

#ededa6

Tetradic

#a6caed

#c9a6ed

#edc9a6

#caeda6

Square

#a6caed

#eda6ed

#edc9a6

#a6eda6

Shades

Color #a6caed mixed toward black.

#6ea9e2

#3687d6

#2266a8

#174470

#0b2238

Tints

Color #a6caed mixed toward white.

#b5d3f0

#c4dcf3

#d2e4f6

#e1edf9

#f0f6fc

Tones

Color #a6caed mixed toward gray.

#accae7

#b2cae1

#b8cadb

#becad5

#c4cacf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7e5 · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#b5b2e3 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#a8dfdd · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6caed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6caed]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#a6caed (#a6caed) is rgb(166, 202, 237) in RGB.

No, #a6caed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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