#6a8686

Color #6a8686

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a8686

RGB

rgb(106, 134, 134)

HSL

hsl(180, 11.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 20.9%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(53.85, -9.91, -3.29)

LCH

lch(53.85, 10.44, 198.37)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0319, 196.39)

HWB

hwb(180, 41.6%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#866a6a

Analogous

#6a8678

#6a8686

#6a7886

Triadic

#6a8686

#866a86

#86866a

Split-complementary

#6a8686

#866a78

#86786a

Tetradic

#6a8686

#6a6a86

#866a6a

#86866a

Square

#6a8686

#786a86

#866a6a

#78866a

Shades

Color #6a8686 mixed toward black.

#587070

#475959

#354343

#232d2d

#121616

Tints

Color #6a8686 mixed toward white.

#819c9c

#9bb0b0

#b4c3c3

#cdd7d7

#e6ebeb

Tones

Color #6a8686 mixed toward gray.

#6c8484

#6f8181

#717f7f

#737d7d

#767a7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777786 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#757386 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#6c8686 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a8686;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a8686]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#6a8686 (#6a8686) is rgb(106, 134, 134) in RGB.

No, #6a8686 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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