#6ba8b3

Color #6ba8b3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6ba8b3

RGB

rgb(107, 168, 179)

HSL

hsl(189.2, 32.1%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.2, 40.2%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(65.27, -16.8, -11.88)

LCH

lch(65.27, 20.58, 215.27)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.065, 210.12)

HWB

hwb(189.2, 42%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3766b

Analogous

#6bb39a

#6ba8b3

#6b84b3

Triadic

#6ba8b3

#b36ba8

#a8b36b

Split-complementary

#6ba8b3

#b36b84

#b39a6b

Tetradic

#6ba8b3

#766bb3

#b3766b

#a8b36b

Square

#6ba8b3

#9a6bb3

#b3766b

#84b36b

Shades

Color #6ba8b3 mixed toward black.

#51929d

#41757e

#31575e

#203a3f

#101d1f

Tints

Color #6ba8b3 mixed toward white.

#84b6c0

#9cc5cc

#b5d3d9

#cee2e6

#e6f0f2

Tones

Color #6ba8b3 mixed toward gray.

#71a4ad

#77a0a7

#7d9ca1

#83979b

#899395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8ab0 · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#8681b0 · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#6faeae · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6ba8b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6ba8b3]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#6ba8b3 (#6ba8b3) is rgb(107, 168, 179) in RGB.

No, #6ba8b3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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