#6ab3ba

Color #6ab3ba

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#6ab3ba

RGB

rgb(106, 179, 186)

HSL

hsl(185.3, 36.7%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.3, 43%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(68.64, -20.94, -10.71)

LCH

lch(68.64, 23.52, 207.09)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0737, 203.61)

HWB

hwb(185.3, 41.6%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba716a

Analogous

#6aba99

#6ab3ba

#6a8bba

Triadic

#6ab3ba

#ba6ab3

#b3ba6a

Split-complementary

#6ab3ba

#ba6a8b

#ba996a

Tetradic

#6ab3ba

#716aba

#ba716a

#b3ba6a

Square

#6ab3ba

#996aba

#ba716a

#8bba6a

Shades

Color #6ab3ba mixed toward black.

#4d9fa6

#3e7f85

#2e5f64

#1f3f43

#0f2021

Tints

Color #6ab3ba mixed toward white.

#83c0c6

#9cccd1

#b5d9dd

#cde6e8

#e6f2f4

Tones

Color #6ab3ba mixed toward gray.

#71aeb3

#77a8ad

#7ea3a6

#859d9f

#8b9899

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090b8 · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#8b85b8 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#6fb7b7 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ab3ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ab3ba]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ab3ba (#6ab3ba) is rgb(106, 179, 186) in RGB.

No, #6ab3ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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