#6898ad

Color #6898ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.64 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6898ad

RGB

rgb(104, 152, 173)

HSL

hsl(198.3, 29.6%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.3, 39.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(60.26, -10.6, -16.07)

LCH

lch(60.26, 19.25, 236.59)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0603, 227.15)

HWB

hwb(198.3, 40.8%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad7d68

Analogous

#68ada0

#6898ad

#6875ad

Triadic

#6898ad

#ad6898

#98ad68

Split-complementary

#6898ad

#ad6875

#ada068

Tetradic

#6898ad

#7d68ad

#ad7d68

#98ad68

Square

#6898ad

#a068ad

#ad7d68

#75ad68

Shades

Color #6898ad mixed toward black.

#518196

#416778

#314d5a

#20333c

#101a1e

Tints

Color #6898ad mixed toward white.

#81a9bb

#9abac8

#b3cbd6

#cddde4

#e6eef1

Tones

Color #6898ad mixed toward gray.

#6e96a7

#7393a1

#79919c

#7f8f96

#858d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8080a8 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#7d79a7 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#6ba4a3 · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6898ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6898ad]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6898ad (#6898ad) is rgb(104, 152, 173) in RGB.

No, #6898ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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