#6b949c

Color #6b949c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6b949c

RGB

rgb(107, 148, 156)

HSL

hsl(189.8, 19.8%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.8, 31.4%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(58.7, -11.98, -8.74)

LCH

lch(58.7, 14.83, 216.11)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0464, 210.98)

HWB

hwb(189.8, 42%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c736b

Analogous

#6b9c8c

#6b949c

#6b7c9c

Triadic

#6b949c

#9c6b94

#949c6b

Split-complementary

#6b949c

#9c6b7c

#9c8c6b

Tetradic

#6b949c

#736b9c

#9c736b

#949c6b

Square

#6b949c

#8c6b9c

#9c736b

#7c9c6b

Shades

Color #6b949c mixed toward black.

#587c83

#466369

#354b4f

#233235

#12191a

Tints

Color #6b949c mixed toward white.

#84a6ad

#9cb8bd

#b5cace

#cedbde

#e6edef

Tones

Color #6b949c mixed toward gray.

#6f9198

#738f94

#778c90

#7b898c

#808688

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7f9a · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#7c799a · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#6e9998 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b949c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b949c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6b949c (#6b949c) is rgb(107, 148, 156) in RGB.

No, #6b949c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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