#6c8c8a

Color #6c8c8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.76 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6c8c8a

RGB

rgb(108, 140, 138)

HSL

hsl(176.2, 12.9%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.2, 22.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(55.87, -11.63, -2.62)

LCH

lch(55.87, 11.92, 192.7)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0361, 191.5)

HWB

hwb(176.2, 42.4%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c6c6e

Analogous

#6c8c7a

#6c8c8a

#6c7e8c

Triadic

#6c8c8a

#8a6c8c

#8c8a6c

Split-complementary

#6c8c8a

#8c6c7e

#8c7a6c

Tetradic

#6c8c8a

#6c6e8c

#8c6c6e

#8c8a6c

Square

#6c8c8a

#7a6c8c

#8c6c6e

#7e8c6c

Shades

Color #6c8c8a mixed toward black.

#5a7573

#485d5c

#364645

#242f2e

#121717

Tints

Color #6c8c8a mixed toward white.

#84a09e

#9cb3b1

#b5c6c5

#ced9d8

#e6ecec

Tones

Color #6c8c8a mixed toward gray.

#6f8988

#718785

#748483

#778181

#797f7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b8a · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#79778b · ΔE 20

Tritanopia

#6e8b8b · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 12.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c8c8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c8c8a]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6c8c8a (#6c8c8a) is rgb(108, 140, 138) in RGB.

No, #6c8c8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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