#6aa6ac

Color #6aa6ac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.17 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6aa6ac

RGB

rgb(106, 166, 172)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 28.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 38.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(64.41, -17.83, -9.25)

LCH

lch(64.41, 20.09, 207.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0628, 203.87)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 41.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac706a

Analogous

#6aac91

#6aa6ac

#6a85ac

Triadic

#6aa6ac

#ac6aa6

#a6ac6a

Split-complementary

#6aa6ac

#ac6a85

#ac916a

Tetradic

#6aa6ac

#706aac

#ac706a

#a6ac6a

Square

#6aa6ac

#916aac

#ac706a

#85ac6a

Shades

Color #6aa6ac mixed toward black.

#538f95

#427277

#325659

#21393b

#111d1e

Tints

Color #6aa6ac mixed toward white.

#83b5ba

#9cc4c8

#b5d2d5

#cde1e3

#e6f0f1

Tones

Color #6aa6ac mixed toward gray.

#70a1a6

#759da1

#7a989b

#809496

#858f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889ab · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#8580aa · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#6ea9a9 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6aa6ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6aa6ac]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6aa6ac (#6aa6ac) is rgb(106, 166, 172) in RGB.

No, #6aa6ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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