#68959f

Color #68959f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.86 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#68959f

RGB

rgb(104, 149, 159)

HSL

hsl(190.9, 22.3%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.9, 34.6%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(58.92, -12.65, -10.14)

LCH

lch(58.92, 16.21, 218.72)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.051, 213.07)

HWB

hwb(190.9, 40.8%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f7268

Analogous

#689f8e

#68959f

#687a9f

Triadic

#68959f

#9f6895

#959f68

Split-complementary

#68959f

#9f687a

#9f8e68

Tetradic

#68959f

#72689f

#9f7268

#959f68

Square

#68959f

#8e689f

#9f7268

#7a9f68

Shades

Color #68959f mixed toward black.

#557d86

#44646b

#334b50

#223236

#11191b

Tints

Color #68959f mixed toward white.

#81a7af

#9ab8bf

#b4cacf

#cddcdf

#e6edef

Tones

Color #68959f mixed toward gray.

#6d929b

#718f96

#768c91

#7a898d

#7f8788

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e9d · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#7b789c · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#6b9b9a · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68959f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68959f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#68959f (#68959f) is rgb(104, 149, 159) in RGB.

No, #68959f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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