#6697ab

Color #6697ab

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.71 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6697ab

RGB

rgb(102, 151, 171)

HSL

hsl(197.4, 29.1%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.4, 40.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(59.8, -11.14, -15.65)

LCH

lch(59.8, 19.21, 234.56)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0604, 225.54)

HWB

hwb(197.4, 40%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab7a66

Analogous

#66ab9c

#6697ab

#6674ab

Triadic

#6697ab

#ab6697

#97ab66

Split-complementary

#6697ab

#ab6674

#ab9c66

Tetradic

#6697ab

#7a66ab

#ab7a66

#97ab66

Square

#6697ab

#9c66ab

#ab7a66

#74ab66

Shades

Color #6697ab mixed toward black.

#518093

#406675

#304d58

#20333b

#101a1d

Tints

Color #6697ab mixed toward white.

#7fa8b9

#99bac7

#b2cbd5

#ccdce3

#e5eef1

Tones

Color #6697ab mixed toward gray.

#6c95a5

#71929f

#77909a

#7d8d94

#838b8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fa6 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#7b77a5 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#69a3a2 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6697ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6697ab]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6697ab (#6697ab) is rgb(102, 151, 171) in RGB.

No, #6697ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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