#6b97a6

Color #6b97a6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b97a6

RGB

rgb(107, 151, 166)

HSL

hsl(195.3, 24.9%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.3, 35.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.5%, 9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(59.9, -11.07, -12.63)

LCH

lch(59.9, 16.79, 228.77)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0527, 221.07)

HWB

hwb(195.3, 42%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a67a6b

Analogous

#6ba697

#6b97a6

#6b79a6

Triadic

#6b97a6

#a66b97

#97a66b

Split-complementary

#6b97a6

#a66b79

#a6976b

Tetradic

#6b97a6

#7a6ba6

#a67a6b

#97a66b

Square

#6b97a6

#976ba6

#a67a6b

#79a66b

Shades

Color #6b97a6 mixed toward black.

#55808e

#446672

#334d55

#223339

#111a1c

Tints

Color #6b97a6 mixed toward white.

#84a8b5

#9cbac4

#b5cbd2

#cedce1

#e6eef0

Tones

Color #6b97a6 mixed toward gray.

#7094a1

#75929c

#7a9097

#7f8d92

#848b8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081a3 · ΔE 19.3

Deuteranopia

#7e7aa2 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#6ea09f · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b97a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b97a6]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6b97a6 (#6b97a6) is rgb(107, 151, 166) in RGB.

No, #6b97a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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