#6ac0c8

Color #6ac0c8

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6ac0c8

RGB

rgb(106, 192, 200)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 46.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 47%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 4%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(72.85, -23.84, -12.09)

LCH

lch(72.85, 26.73, 206.89)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.084, 203.36)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 41.6%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8726a

Analogous

#6ac8a1

#6ac0c8

#6a91c8

Triadic

#6ac0c8

#c86ac0

#c0c86a

Split-complementary

#6ac0c8

#c86a91

#c8a16a

Tetradic

#6ac0c8

#726ac8

#c8726a

#c0c86a

Square

#6ac0c8

#a16ac8

#c8726a

#91c86a

Shades

Color #6ac0c8 mixed toward black.

#45b0ba

#378d95

#296a70

#1b474b

#0e2325

Tints

Color #6ac0c8 mixed toward white.

#83cbd1

#9cd5da

#b4e0e4

#cdeaed

#e6f5f6

Tones

Color #6ac0c8 mixed toward gray.

#72bac0

#7ab3b8

#81adb1

#89a6a9

#91a0a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798c6 · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#928bc6 · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#70c5c4 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ac0c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ac0c8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6ac0c8 (#6ac0c8) is rgb(106, 192, 200) in RGB.

No, #6ac0c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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