#6b8896

Color #6b8896

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 4.69 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#6b8896

RGB

rgb(107, 136, 150)

HSL

hsl(199.5, 17%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.5, 28.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(55.01, -6.84, -10.83)

LCH

lch(55.01, 12.81, 237.72)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0393, 228.92)

HWB

hwb(199.5, 42%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96796b

Analogous

#6b968e

#6b8896

#6b7396

Triadic

#6b8896

#966b88

#88966b

Split-complementary

#6b8896

#966b73

#968e6b

Tetradic

#6b8896

#796b96

#96796b

#88966b

Square

#6b8896

#8e6b96

#96796b

#73966b

Shades

Color #6b8896 mixed toward black.

#59717d

#475b64

#35444b

#242d32

#121719

Tints

Color #6b8896 mixed toward white.

#849ca8

#9cb0b9

#b5c4cb

#ced7dc

#e6ebee

Tones

Color #6b8896 mixed toward gray.

#6f8792

#72868f

#76848b

#798388

#7d8284

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797993 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#777592 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#6d9090 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8896]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6b8896 (#6b8896) is rgb(107, 136, 150) in RGB.

No, #6b8896 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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