#6b9eac

Color #6b9eac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6b9eac

RGB

rgb(107, 158, 172)

HSL

hsl(192.9, 28.1%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.9, 37.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62.13, -13.31, -12.66)

LCH

lch(62.13, 18.37, 223.57)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0579, 216.79)

HWB

hwb(192.9, 42%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac796b

Analogous

#6bac99

#6b9eac

#6b7eac

Triadic

#6b9eac

#ac6b9e

#9eac6b

Split-complementary

#6b9eac

#ac6b7e

#ac996b

Tetradic

#6b9eac

#796bac

#ac796b

#9eac6b

Square

#6b9eac

#996bac

#ac796b

#7eac6b

Shades

Color #6b9eac mixed toward black.

#548795

#436c77

#325159

#21363c

#111b1e

Tints

Color #6b9eac mixed toward white.

#84aeba

#9cbec8

#b5ced5

#cedfe3

#e6eff1

Tones

Color #6b9eac mixed toward gray.

#709ba7

#7698a1

#7b959c

#819296

#868f91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485a9 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#817da8 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#6ea6a6 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b9eac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b9eac]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#6b9eac (#6b9eac) is rgb(107, 158, 172) in RGB.

No, #6b9eac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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