#69a5ab

Color #69a5ab

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#69a5ab

RGB

rgb(105, 165, 171)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 28.2%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 38.6%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.04, -17.83, -9.25)

LCH

lch(64.04, 20.09, 207.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.0628, 203.87)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 41.2%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab6f69

Analogous

#69ab90

#69a5ab

#6984ab

Triadic

#69a5ab

#ab69a5

#a5ab69

Split-complementary

#69a5ab

#ab6984

#ab9069

Tetradic

#69a5ab

#6f69ab

#ab6f69

#a5ab69

Square

#69a5ab

#9069ab

#ab6f69

#84ab69

Shades

Color #69a5ab mixed toward black.

#538d93

#427176

#325558

#21393b

#111c1d

Tints

Color #69a5ab mixed toward white.

#82b4b9

#9bc3c7

#b4d2d5

#cde1e3

#e6f0f1

Tones

Color #69a5ab mixed toward gray.

#6ea0a5

#749ca0

#79979a

#7f9395

#848e8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788aa · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#847fa9 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#6da8a8 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #69a5ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#69a5ab]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#69a5ab (#69a5ab) is rgb(105, 165, 171) in RGB.

No, #69a5ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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