#6896aa

Color #6896aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#6896aa

RGB

rgb(104, 150, 170)

HSL

hsl(198.2, 28%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.2, 38.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(59.58, -10.31, -15.4)

LCH

lch(59.58, 18.53, 236.2)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.058, 226.96)

HWB

hwb(198.2, 40.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7c68

Analogous

#68aa9d

#6896aa

#6875aa

Triadic

#6896aa

#aa6896

#96aa68

Split-complementary

#6896aa

#aa6875

#aa9d68

Tetradic

#6896aa

#7c68aa

#aa7c68

#96aa68

Square

#6896aa

#9d68aa

#aa7c68

#75aa68

Shades

Color #6896aa mixed toward black.

#527f92

#426575

#314c58

#21333a

#10191d

Tints

Color #6896aa mixed toward white.

#81a7b8

#9ab9c6

#b3cad4

#cddce3

#e6edf1

Tones

Color #6896aa mixed toward gray.

#6d94a4

#73929f

#788f99

#7e8d94

#838b8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fa5 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#7c78a4 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#6ba2a1 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 14.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6896aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6896aa]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6896aa (#6896aa) is rgb(104, 150, 170) in RGB.

No, #6896aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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