#6b9fa3

Color #6b9fa3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6b9fa3

RGB

rgb(107, 159, 163)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 23.3%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 34.4%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(62.14, -16.15, -7.58)

LCH

lch(62.14, 17.84, 205.14)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0554, 202.03)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 42%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a36f6b

Analogous

#6ba38b

#6b9fa3

#6b83a3

Triadic

#6b9fa3

#a36b9f

#9fa36b

Split-complementary

#6b9fa3

#a36b83

#a38b6b

Tetradic

#6b9fa3

#6f6ba3

#a36f6b

#9fa36b

Square

#6b9fa3

#8b6ba3

#a36f6b

#83a36b

Shades

Color #6b9fa3 mixed toward black.

#56878b

#456c6f

#345153

#223637

#111b1c

Tints

Color #6b9fa3 mixed toward white.

#84afb2

#9cbfc2

#b5cfd1

#cedfe0

#e6eff0

Tones

Color #6b9fa3 mixed toward gray.

#709b9e

#74979a

#799395

#7e8f90

#828b8c

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

#8585a2 · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#827ea2 · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#6ea1a1 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b9fa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b9fa3]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6b9fa3 (#6b9fa3) is rgb(107, 159, 163) in RGB.

No, #6b9fa3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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