#6c96aa

Color #6c96aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6c96aa

RGB

rgb(108, 150, 170)

HSL

hsl(199.4, 26.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.4, 36.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(59.8, -9.19, -15.04)

LCH

lch(59.8, 17.63, 238.57)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0547, 229)

HWB

hwb(199.4, 42.4%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa806c

Analogous

#6caa9f

#6c96aa

#6c77aa

Triadic

#6c96aa

#aa6c96

#96aa6c

Split-complementary

#6c96aa

#aa6c77

#aa9f6c

Tetradic

#6c96aa

#806caa

#aa806c

#96aa6c

Square

#6c96aa

#9f6caa

#aa806c

#77aa6c

Shades

Color #6c96aa mixed toward black.

#557f93

#446575

#334c58

#22333b

#11191d

Tints

Color #6c96aa mixed toward white.

#84a7b8

#9db9c6

#b5cad4

#cedce3

#e6edf1

Tones

Color #6c96aa mixed toward gray.

#7194a5

#7692a0

#7b909a

#818f95

#868d90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081a5 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#7e7ba4 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#6fa2a1 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c96aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c96aa]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#6c96aa (#6c96aa) is rgb(108, 150, 170) in RGB.

No, #6c96aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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