#6c9ca0

Color #6c9ca0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6c9ca0

RGB

rgb(108, 156, 160)

HSL

hsl(184.6, 21.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.6, 32.5%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(61.22, -15.01, -7.25)

LCH

lch(61.22, 16.67, 205.78)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0517, 202.5)

HWB

hwb(184.6, 42.4%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0706c

Analogous

#6ca08a

#6c9ca0

#6c82a0

Triadic

#6c9ca0

#a06c9c

#9ca06c

Split-complementary

#6c9ca0

#a06c82

#a08a6c

Tetradic

#6c9ca0

#706ca0

#a0706c

#9ca06c

Square

#6c9ca0

#8a6ca0

#a0706c

#82a06c

Shades

Color #6c9ca0 mixed toward black.

#588488

#46696c

#354f51

#233536

#121a1b

Tints

Color #6c9ca0 mixed toward white.

#84acb0

#9dbdc0

#b5cdcf

#cededf

#e6eeef

Tones

Color #6c9ca0 mixed toward gray.

#70989c

#759597

#799193

#7d8d8f

#828a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84849f · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#817d9f · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#6f9e9e · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c9ca0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c9ca0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#6c9ca0 (#6c9ca0) is rgb(108, 156, 160) in RGB.

No, #6c9ca0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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