#6a7170

Color #6a7170

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.9 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6a7170

RGB

rgb(106, 113, 112)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 3.2%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 6.2%, 44.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 55.7%)

LAB

lab(47.03, -2.86, -0.36)

LCH

lch(47.03, 2.88, 187.17)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0087, 186.63)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 41.6%, 55.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#716a6b

Analogous

#6a716c

#6a7170

#6a6e71

Triadic

#6a7170

#706a71

#71706a

Split-complementary

#6a7170

#716a6e

#716c6a

Tetradic

#6a7170

#6a6b71

#716a6b

#71706a

Square

#6a7170

#6c6a71

#716a6b

#6e716a

Shades

Color #6a7170 mixed toward black.

#585e5d

#474b4b

#353838

#232625

#121313

Tints

Color #6a7170 mixed toward white.

#828a88

#9ba1a0

#b4b9b8

#cdd0d0

#e6e8e7

Tones

Color #6a7170 mixed toward gray.

#6a706f

#6b706f

#6c6f6f

#6c6f6e

#6d6e6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d70 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#6d6c70 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#6a7070 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a7170;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a7170]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6a7170 (#6a7170) is rgb(106, 113, 112) in RGB.

No, #6a7170 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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